Dry Tortugas's National Park Birth Card: The 9 of Hearts

How the card is assigned

Dry Tortugas National Park (Florida) became a National Park on October 26, 1992. Card Blueprints uses October 26 — month and day only — and the public D1 birth-card rule (December 31 is the Joker). The year 1992 is unused.

Coordinate: the 9 of Hearts. Live card page (Next.js origin): /birth-card/9-of-hearts.

Parks that share October 26

No other current National Park shares this month and day on the Wikipedia list.

Other parks on the 9 of Hearts

No other current National Park maps to this card.

Dry Tortugas on the record

Dry Tortugas National Park is a national park of the United States located about 68 miles (109 km) west of Key West in the Gulf of Mexico, in the United States. The park preserves Fort Jefferson and the several Dry Tortugas islands, the westernmost and most isolated of the Florida Keys. The archipelago's coral reefs are the least disturbed of the Florida Keys reefs. The park is noted for abundant sea life, tropical bird breeding grounds, colorful coral reefs, and shipwrecks and sunken treasures. The park's centerpiece is Fort Jefferson, a massive but unfinished coastal fortress. Fort Jefferson is the largest brick masonry structure in the Western Hemisphere, composed of more than 16 million bricks. Dry Tortugas is unique in its combination of a largely undisturbed tropical ecosystem with significant historic artifacts. The park is accessible only by seaplane or boat and has averaged about 63,000 visitors annually in the period from 2008 to 2017. Activities include snorkeling, picnicking, birdwatching, camping, scuba diving, saltwater fishing and kayaking. Overnight camping is limited to eight primitive campsites at the Garden Key campground, located just south of Fort Jefferson. Dry Tortugas National Park is part of the Everglades & Dry Tortugas Biosphere Reserve, established by UNESCO in 1976 under its Man and the Biosphere Programme.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Dry Tortugas National Park (CC BY-SA 4.0). Nothing here was written for this page beyond that article. National Park establishment dates come from the Wikipedia list column and NPS Park Anniversaries, not from this article.

FAQ

What date does Dry Tortugas use?

October 26, 1992 — Wikipedia’s Date established as park. Month and day assign the card; the year is unused.

What is Dry Tortugas's National Park birth card?

The 9 of Hearts. That is a coordinate on the Card Blueprints calendar, not a fortune-telling claim about the park.

Where do the dates come from?

Primary: Wikipedia List of national parks of the United States, Date established as park. Footnotes: NPS Park Anniversaries. NPS Park Anniversaries lists Fort Jefferson National Monument (1935) as an earlier first-unit record. That date is cited, not mapped.

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