Mount Rainier's National Park Birth Card: The 8 of Spades

How the card is assigned

Mount Rainier National Park (Washington) became a National Park on March 2, 1899. Card Blueprints uses March 2 — month and day only — and the public D1 birth-card rule (December 31 is the Joker). The year 1899 is unused.

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

Parks that share March 2

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

Other parks on the 8 of Spades

No other current National Park maps to this card.

Mount Rainier on the record

Mount Rainier National Park ( ray-NEER) is a national park of the United States located in southeast Pierce County and northeast Lewis County in the U.S. state of Washington. The park was established on March 2, 1899, as the fourth national park in the United States, preserving 236,381 acres (369.3 sq mi; 956.6 km2) including all of Mount Rainier, a 14,410-foot (4,390 m) stratovolcano. The mountain rises abruptly from the surrounding land with elevations in the park ranging from 1,600 feet to over 14,000 feet (490–4,300 m). The highest point in the Cascade Range, Mount Rainier is surrounded by valleys, waterfalls, subalpine meadows, and 91,000 acres (142.2 sq mi; 368.3 km2) of old-growth forest. More than 25 glaciers descend the flanks of the volcano, which is often shrouded in clouds that dump enormous amounts of rain and snow. The park has several entrances that lead to three general areas: Paradise, the Carbon River and Mowich Lake area, and Sunrise. It had over 1.6 million visitors in 2024. Mount Rainier is circled by the Wonderland Trail and is covered by glaciers and snowfields totaling about 35 square miles (91 km2). Carbon Glacier is the largest glacier by volume in the contiguous United States, while Emmons Glacier is the largest glacier by area. Mount Rainier is a popular peak for mountaineering with some 10,000 attempts per year, with approximately 50% making it to the summit.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Mount Rainier 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 Mount Rainier use?

March 2, 1899 — Wikipedia’s Date established as park. Month and day assign the card; the year is unused.

What is Mount Rainier's National Park birth card?

The 8 of Spades. 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. This park’s Wikipedia National Park date is the first-unit date used here; any later rename or expansion is noted when Wikipedia or NPS records it.

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