Great Basin's National Park Birth Card: The 8 of Hearts

How the card is assigned

Great Basin National Park (Nevada) became a National Park on October 27, 1986. Card Blueprints uses October 27 — month and day only — and the public D1 birth-card rule (December 31 is the Joker). The year 1986 is unused.

Coordinate: the 8 of Hearts. Live card page (Next.js origin): /birth-card/8-of-hearts.

Parks that share October 27

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

Other parks on the 8 of Hearts

No other current National Park maps to this card.

Great Basin on the record

Great Basin National Park is a national park of the United States located in White Pine County in east-central Nevada, near the Utah border. Established 40 years ago in 1986, the park is most commonly entered by way of Nevada State Route 488, which is connected to U.S. Routes 6 and 50 by Nevada State Route 487 via the small town of Baker, the closest settlement. The park derives its name from the Great Basin, the dry and mountainous region between the Sierra Nevada and the Wasatch Mountains. Topographically, this area is known as the Basin and Range Province. The park is located about 290 miles (470 km) north of Las Vegas and protects 77,180 acres (121 sq mi; 312 km2). The park is notable for its groves of ancient bristlecone pines, the oldest known living non-clonal organisms; Lehman Caves; Wheeler Peak Glacier, below 13,063-foot (3,982 m) Wheeler Peak; and some of the darkest night skies in the contiguous United States. Harding created Lehman Caves National Monument by presidential proclamation on January 24, 1922. The monument and its surroundings was designated a national park on October 27, 1986, following the advocacy of Congressman Harry Reid. A number of developed campsites are within the park, as well as backcountry camping opportunities. The Highland Ridge Wilderness lies adjacent to Great Basin National Park. These two protected areas provide contiguous wildlife habitat and protection to 227.8 square miles (590.0 km2) of eastern Nevada's basin lands.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Great Basin 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 Great Basin use?

October 27, 1986 — Wikipedia’s Date established as park. Month and day assign the card; the year is unused.

What is Great Basin's National Park birth card?

The 8 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 Lehman Caves National Monument (1922-01-24) as an earlier first-unit record. That date is cited, not mapped.

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