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What is the sitemap of a website?
Why do need to find the URL of the sitemap of a website?
How to check & find the sitemaps of a website

1. Manually check common XML sitemap locations
2. Check if the sitemap URL is indicated in robots.txt
3. Use Google Search Operators to find sitemap
4. Check if the XML sitemap has been submitted to Google Search Console
5. Check if the XML sitemap has been submitted to Bing Webmaster Tools
6. Use an Online tool
7. Check the standard XML sitemap location of the CMS
8. Bookmarklet for finding the XML sitemap URL

How to find sitemap other than XML
Found the sitemap of the website? Here’s what to do next.
Didn’t find the XML sitemap URL of the website? Do this.
FAQs on XML sitemaps & sitemaps

A sitemap is a file that contains a list of all the pages on a website that you want search engines to index.

Sitemaps come in different formats, such as XML, HTML, or TXT, and can include additional information about each page, such as the date it was last modified or how important it is relative to other pages on the site.

• Having a sitemap can help search engines discover new content on your site more quickly and ensure that all your pages are crawled and indexed.
• It can also help you identify any crawl errors or pages that might be missing from your site.
• Creating a sitemap is an important part of on-site SEO optimization and can improve the overall visibility and ranking of your website.

Here is an example sitemap (that happens to be the sitemap of my site):