Gates of the Arctic's National Park Birth Card: The 3 of Diamonds

How the card is assigned

Gates of the Arctic National Park (Alaska) became a National Park on December 2, 1980. Card Blueprints uses December 2 — month and day only — and the public D1 birth-card rule (December 31 is the Joker). The year 1980 is unused.

Coordinate: the 3 of Diamonds. Live card page (Next.js origin): /birth-card/3-of-diamonds.

December 2 Alaska cluster

Gates of the Arctic is one of seven current Alaska National Parks established as parks on December 2, 1980 (ANILCA), with Glacier Bay, Katmai, Kenai Fjords, Kobuk Valley, Lake Clark, Wrangell–St. Elias. Denali is not in this cluster: its National Park date remains February 26, 1917.

Parks that share December 2

• Glacier Bay — December 2, 1980
• Katmai — December 2, 1980
• Kenai Fjords — December 2, 1980
• Kobuk Valley — December 2, 1980
• Lake Clark — December 2, 1980
• Wrangell–St. Elias — December 2, 1980

Other parks on the 3 of Diamonds

• Glacier Bay — 3 of Diamonds
• Katmai — 3 of Diamonds
• Kenai Fjords — 3 of Diamonds
• Kobuk Valley — 3 of Diamonds
• Lake Clark — 3 of Diamonds
• Wrangell–St. Elias — 3 of Diamonds
• Gateway Arch — 3 of Diamonds

Gates of the Arctic on the record

Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve is a national park of the United States that protects portions of the Central Brooks Range in northern Alaska. The park is the northernmost national park in the United States, situated entirely north of the Arctic Circle. The area of the park and preserve is the second largest in the U.S. at 8,472,506 acres (13,238 sq mi; 34,287 km2); the national park portion (7,523,897 acres (30,448.1 km2)) is the second largest in the U.S., after the national park portion of Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve. Gates of the Arctic was initially designated as a national monument on December 1, 1978, before being redesignated as a national park and preserve upon passage of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act in 1980. About 85% of the combined park and preserve has additional protection as the Gates of the Arctic Wilderness, which covers 7,167,192 acres (2,900,460 ha). The wilderness area adjoins the Noatak Wilderness. Together, they form the largest contiguous wilderness in the United States.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve (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 Gates of the Arctic use?

December 2, 1980 — Wikipedia’s Date established as park. Month and day assign the card; the year is unused.

What is Gates of the Arctic's National Park birth card?

The 3 of Diamonds. 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 Gates of the Arctic National Monument (1978-12-01) as an earlier first-unit record. That date is cited, not mapped.

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