The Touch Grass service is a REST API that provides information about state and national parks in California. It also collects common interests among types of visitors for comparison with parks with similar traits.
California is home to 280 state parks 1 and 9 national parks (the most of any other state) 2. With over a million acres of parks, it can be daunting find the parks you should prioritize for your personal preferences or tendencies. The Touch Grass API organizes these preferences and tendencies into profiles (visitors) to help match you with parks that share similar traits.
Go out and touch grass somewhere new in nature. The Touch Grass API helps reduce stress related to research and decision fatigue.