Rocky Mountain's National Park Birth Card: The Ace of Diamonds

How the card is assigned

Rocky Mountain National Park (Colorado) became a National Park on January 26, 1915. Card Blueprints uses January 26 — month and day only — and the public D1 birth-card rule (December 31 is the Joker). The year 1915 is unused.

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

Parks that share January 26

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

Other parks on the Ace of Diamonds

No other current National Park maps to this card.

Rocky Mountain on the record

Rocky Mountain National Park is a national park of the United States located approximately 55 mi (89 km) northwest of Denver in north-central Colorado, within the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. The park is situated between the towns of Estes Park to the east and Grand Lake to the west. The eastern and western slopes of the Continental Divide run directly through the center of the park with the headwaters of the Colorado River located in the park's northwestern region. The main features of the park include mountains, alpine lakes and a wide variety of wildlife within various climates and environments, from wooded forests to mountain tundra. The Rocky Mountain National Park Act was signed by President Woodrow Wilson on January 26, 1915, establishing the park boundaries and protecting the area for future generations. The Civilian Conservation Corps built the main automobile route, Trail Ridge Road, in the 1930s. In 1976, UNESCO designated the park as one of the first World Biosphere Reserves. In 2023, 4.1 million recreational visitors entered the park. The park is one of the most visited in the National Park System, ranking as the third most visited national park in 2015. In 2019, the park saw record attendance yet again with 4,678,804 visitors, a 44% increase since 2012. The park has five visitor centers, with park headquarters located at the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center—a National Historic Landmark designed by the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture at Taliesin West. National forest lands surround the park on all sides, including Roosevelt National Forest to the north and east, Routt National Forest to the north and west, and Arapaho National Forest to the west and south, with the Indian Peaks Wilderness area located directly south of the park.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Rocky Mountain 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 Rocky Mountain use?

January 26, 1915 — Wikipedia’s Date established as park. Month and day assign the card; the year is unused.

What is Rocky Mountain's National Park birth card?

The Ace 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. 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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