Recreation.gov · Government · United States
Medium risk. 5 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view and DNS health.
Recreation.gov is a U.S. government-operated platform providing centralized trip-planning and reservation services for federal recreation sites across the country. It serves as a one-stop shop for camping, cabins, RV rentals, permits, passes, and tours, supporting 14 federal agencies and thousands of recreation locations. The platform is managed by a dedicated government team with technical support from Booz Allen Hamilton, funded primarily through reservation fees rather than Congressional appropriations. The website is well-designed, mobile-optimized, and rich in content, targeting outdoor enthusiasts and the general public interested in federal lands visitation. Technically, the site employs modern web technologies including React and Mapbox GL JS, integrates Google Tag Manager and analytics services, and demonstrates good performance and accessibility. While HTTPS is enforced and bot mitigation strategies are described, explicit security headers are not visible in the HTML content, and no cookie consent mechanism was detected, indicating areas for improvement in security and privacy compliance. The security posture is strong overall, with no evident vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data. The presence of a responsible disclosure page and contact mechanisms for security issues further supports a mature security culture. However, incomplete WHOIS data and missing registrar and registrant details reduce trust somewhat, though the government affiliation and operational maturity mitigate concerns. Overall, Recreation.gov presents a trustworthy, professional, and user-friendly service with a solid security foundation. Strategic recommendations include adding explicit security headers, implementing a visible cookie consent banner, and publishing a security.txt file to enhance transparency and compliance.
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NIS2 Art. 21(2)
This scan rated NIS2 with an earlier keyword method that is no longer shown; rescan for the per-article view. Risk management, continuity, supply chain, training, MFA, management oversight (Art. 20) and incident reporting (Art. 23) need internal evidence, and Guard cannot tell whether NIS2 applies to this organisation.
GDPR is indicative only, based on publicly visible signals: Articles 7, 12, 13 and 32 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and Article 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive. Not a certification or legal assessment.
5 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.
These are the privacy signals visitors and data protection authorities look for under GDPR.
GDPR requires a clear and accessible privacy policy
What to do: Add a comprehensive privacy policy page and link to it prominently
GDPR requires clear information about cookie usage
What to do: Add a dedicated cookie policy explaining cookie usage and purposes
GDPR requires explicit consent for non-essential cookies
What to do: Implement a cookie consent banner that appears on first visit
Detected services: Google Analytics, Facebook
What to do: Document all third-party data sharing in your privacy policy
DNS sends visitors and email to the right servers. Misconfigured records can cause outages or let someone redirect your traffic.
Subdomain api.recreation.gov points to unregistered service d238mo54w9dj5t.cloudfront.net
What to do: Remove or fix CNAME record to prevent subdomain takeover
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Each check with its score, findings and the evidence it collected.
The security score runs 0–100, higher is better. It is the plain average of the security checks that completed in this scan, each counted equally. A check that could not run is left out: it counts neither as a pass nor as a fail.
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Findings that cap the score at 49
Each of these is serious on its own, so while any is present the site cannot rate better than high risk, however good the other checks are.
Partial scans
When the site blocks Guard or most checks cannot run, the score covers only the checks that ran (usually DNS and email), is capped at 75 and is shown as partial, without a risk level.
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Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.
Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.
Reference chips under each finding point to the standard, regulation or specification the finding relates to. They are taken from the official datasets below and mapped conservatively: a finding with no defensible link shows none. NIS2 and GDPR references mark where a finding is relevant evidence, not a compliance verdict. Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690 binds digital infrastructure and digital service providers; for other entities it is the most detailed public reading of the Article 21 measures. WCAG, EN 301 549, European Accessibility Act and Web Accessibility Directive references name the requirement an automated accessibility rule relates to; they are not a conformance verdict.
Retrieved 2026-10-25
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