Indiana Dunes's National Park Birth Card: The 10 of Diamonds

How the card is assigned

Indiana Dunes National Park (Indiana) became a National Park on February 15, 2019. Card Blueprints uses February 15 — month and day only — and the public D1 birth-card rule (December 31 is the Joker). The year 2019 is unused.

Coordinate: the 10 of Diamonds. Live card page (Next.js origin): /birth-card/10-of-diamonds.

Parks that share February 15

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

Other parks on the 10 of Diamonds

No other current National Park maps to this card.

Indiana Dunes on the record

Indiana Dunes National Park is a national park of the United States located in northwestern Indiana managed by the National Park Service. It was authorized by Congress in 1966 as the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore and was redesignated as the nation's 61st national park on February 15, 2019. The park runs for about 15 miles (24 km) along the southern shore of Lake Michigan and covers 15,349 acres (6,212 ha). Along the lakefront, the eastern area is roughly the lake shore south to U.S. 20 between Michigan City, Indiana, on the east and the Cleveland-Cliffs steel plant on the west. This area's conservation scheme is enhanced by the older Indiana Dunes State Park. To the west of the steel plant lies West Beach and a small extension south of the steel mill continues west along Salt Creek to Indiana 249. The western area is roughly the shoreline south to U.S. 12 between the Burns Ditch west to Broadway in downtown Gary, Indiana. In addition, there are several outlying areas, including Pinhook Bog, in LaPorte County to the east; the Heron Rookery in Porter County, the center of the park; and the Hoosier Prairie State Nature Preserve and the Hobart Prairie Grove, both in Lake County, the western end of the park.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Indiana Dunes 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 Indiana Dunes use?

February 15, 2019 — Wikipedia’s Date established as park. Month and day assign the card; the year is unused.

What is Indiana Dunes's National Park birth card?

The 10 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 Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore (1966-11-05) as an earlier first-unit record. That date is cited, not mapped.

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