{
  "checked": "2026-10-20",
  "coordinate_policy": "Pins are approximate discovery locations, not surveyed trailheads or turn-by-turn routes. Coordinates are individually sourced below. Use official directions when provided. Never draw straight lines as road or walking routes. For bay and mountain pins, do not promise car access to the coordinate.",
  "places": [
    {
      "id": "plitvice",
      "name": "Plitvice Lakes",
      "lat": 44.9049722,
      "lon": 15.6111944,
      "coordinate_kind": "Entrance 1, exact published park coordinates converted from DMS",
      "official_url": "https://np-plitvicka-jezera.hr/en/",
      "sources": [
        "https://np-plitvicka-jezera.hr/en/plan-your-visit/istrazite-jezera/how-to-get-here/",
        "https://np-plitvicka-jezera.hr/en/plan-your-visit/istrazite-jezera/rules-of-conduct/"
      ],
      "coordinate_note": "Official page HTML retrieved directly: Entrance 1 44°54'17.9''N 15°36'40.3''E. Entrance 2 is 44°52'58.5''N 15°37'25.2''E; do not substitute a generic park centroid for a visitor entrance."
    },
    {
      "id": "otocac",
      "name": "Otočac & the Gacka valley",
      "lat": 44.8688,
      "lon": 15.23587,
      "coordinate_kind": "Town centre / OpenStreetMap place node",
      "official_url": "https://discover-otocac.com/en/",
      "sources": [
        "https://visit-lika.com/en/page/gacka-otocac-town",
        "https://discover-otocac.com/en/discover/the-gacka-river"
      ],
      "coordinate_source": "https://mapcarta.com/18733254"
    },
    {
      "id": "majerovo",
      "name": "Majerovo vrilo",
      "lat": 44.81483,
      "lon": 15.35889,
      "coordinate_kind": "Spring / OpenStreetMap node",
      "official_url": "https://discover-otocac.com/en/discover/the-gacka-springs",
      "sources": [
        "https://discover-otocac.com/en/discover/the-gacka-springs",
        "https://visit-lika.com/en/page/majerovo-vrilo-a-source-of-gacka-river"
      ],
      "coordinate_source": "https://mapcarta.com/18781782"
    },
    {
      "id": "tonkovic",
      "name": "Tonković vrilo",
      "lat": 44.78741,
      "lon": 15.36716,
      "coordinate_kind": "Spring / OpenStreetMap node",
      "official_url": "https://discover-otocac.com/en/discover/the-gacka-springs",
      "sources": [
        "https://discover-otocac.com/en/discover/the-gacka-springs",
        "https://discover-otocac.com/en/aktivnosti-2/gacka-fly-fishing"
      ],
      "coordinate_source": "https://mapcarta.com/N2368316816"
    },
    {
      "id": "zavizan",
      "name": "Northern Velebit · Zavižan",
      "lat": 44.81457,
      "lon": 14.97551,
      "coordinate_kind": "Zavižan mountain hut / OpenStreetMap building centroid",
      "official_url": "https://np-sjeverni-velebit.hr/www/en/park-en/zavizan",
      "sources": [
        "https://np-sjeverni-velebit.hr/www/en/park-en/zavizan",
        "https://np-sjeverni-velebit.hr/www/en/visiting/info",
        "https://np-sjeverni-velebit.hr/www/en/visiting/rules-of-conduct"
      ],
      "coordinate_source": "https://mapcarta.com/W319409251"
    },
    {
      "id": "krasno",
      "name": "Krasno & Velebit House",
      "lat": 44.820217,
      "lon": 15.0709227,
      "coordinate_kind": "Velebit House visitor centre, official linked map",
      "official_url": "https://kuca-velebita.np-sjeverni-velebit.hr/en",
      "sources": [
        "https://kuca-velebita.np-sjeverni-velebit.hr/en/contacts",
        "https://np-sjeverni-velebit.hr/www/en/visiting/info"
      ],
      "coordinate_source": "https://goo.gl/maps/cUrKgamuXoZpRLwB9"
    },
    {
      "id": "kuterevo",
      "name": "Kuterevo Bear Refuge",
      "lat": 44.81986,
      "lon": 15.13828,
      "coordinate_kind": "Approximate refuge location, geolocated on-site Wikimedia photograph",
      "official_url": "https://medvjedi-kuterevo.org/visiting-the-refuge/",
      "sources": [
        "https://discover-otocac.com/en/discover/the-kuterevo-bear-refuge",
        "https://medvjedi-kuterevo.org/visiting-the-refuge/"
      ],
      "coordinate_source": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ursus_arctos,_Kuterevo_(HR)_--_2022_--_0379.jpg"
    },
    {
      "id": "smiljan",
      "name": "Smiljan · Nikola Tesla Memorial Centre",
      "lat": 44.55965,
      "lon": 15.30964,
      "coordinate_kind": "Memorial Centre / OpenStreetMap area centroid",
      "official_url": "https://mcnikolatesla.hr/en/",
      "sources": [
        "https://mcnikolatesla.hr/en/",
        "https://mcnikolatesla.hr/visit/info/81/group-visits"
      ],
      "coordinate_source": "https://mapcarta.com/W302323439"
    },
    {
      "id": "gospic",
      "name": "Gospić",
      "lat": 44.54641,
      "lon": 15.37542,
      "coordinate_kind": "Town centre / OpenStreetMap place node",
      "official_url": "https://visit-lika.com/en/page/gospic",
      "sources": [
        "https://visit-lika.com/en/page/gospic"
      ],
      "coordinate_source": "https://mapcarta.com/18745424"
    },
    {
      "id": "grabovaca",
      "name": "Perušić · Grabovača Cave Park",
      "lat": 44.6427851,
      "lon": 15.3634967,
      "coordinate_kind": "Official park location linked by park website",
      "official_url": "https://pp-grabovaca.hr/en/posjet-spilji-samograd/",
      "sources": [
        "https://pp-grabovaca.hr/en/",
        "https://pp-grabovaca.hr/en/posjet-spilji-samograd/"
      ],
      "coordinate_source": "https://goo.gl/maps/LS9mCQgDTfnxJMQv6",
      "coordinate_note": "Official park site's Park entrance map resolves to place coordinates 44.6427851,15.3634967 (not the broader protected-area centroid)."
    },
    {
      "id": "udbina",
      "name": "Udbina & Krbava",
      "lat": 44.53175,
      "lon": 15.76652,
      "coordinate_kind": "Village centre / OpenStreetMap place node",
      "official_url": "https://visit-lika.com/en/page/udbina",
      "sources": [
        "https://visit-lika.com/en/page/udbina",
        "https://udbina.hr/o-nama.php"
      ],
      "coordinate_source": "https://mapcarta.com/18722786"
    },
    {
      "id": "lovinac",
      "name": "Lovinac & southern Lika",
      "lat": 44.39088,
      "lon": 15.68644,
      "coordinate_kind": "Village centre / OpenStreetMap place node",
      "official_url": "https://visit-lika.com/en/page/lovinac",
      "sources": [
        "https://visit-lika.com/en/page/lovinac",
        "https://www.lovinac.hr/page/geografski-polozaj"
      ],
      "coordinate_source": "https://mapcarta.com/18738042"
    },
    {
      "id": "senj",
      "name": "Senj · the coastal gateway",
      "lat": 44.9902,
      "lon": 14.9021,
      "coordinate_kind": "Town centre / OpenStreetMap place node",
      "official_url": "https://visitsenj.com/en/",
      "sources": [
        "https://visit-lika.com/en/page/senj",
        "https://visitsenj.com/en/about-us/location-and-climate/"
      ],
      "coordinate_source": "https://mapcarta.com/Senj"
    },
    {
      "id": "zavratnica",
      "name": "Zavratnica · beneath Velebit",
      "lat": 44.6994,
      "lon": 14.8968,
      "coordinate_kind": "Bay discovery pin / OpenStreetMap natural=bay node; NOT a driving destination",
      "official_url": "https://visit-lika.com/en/page/zavratnica-bay-the-most-exquisite-pearls-on-the-croatian-coast",
      "sources": [
        "https://visit-lika.com/en/page/zavratnica-bay-the-most-exquisite-pearls-on-the-croatian-coast"
      ],
      "coordinate_source": "https://mapcarta.com/N1156713480"
    }
  ]
}