Yosemite's National Park Birth Card: The 8 of Diamonds

How the card is assigned

Yosemite National Park (California) became a National Park on October 1, 1890. Card Blueprints uses October 1 — month and day only — and the public D1 birth-card rule (December 31 is the Joker). The year 1890 is unused.

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

Parks that share October 1

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

Other parks on the 8 of Diamonds

• Glacier — 8 of Diamonds

Yosemite on the record

Yosemite National Park ( yoh-SEM-ih-tee) is a national park of the United States in California. It is bordered on the southeast by the Sierra National Forest and on the northwest by Stanislaus National Forest. The park is managed by the National Park Service and covers 1,187 mi2 (3,070 km2) in four counties – centered in Tuolumne and Mariposa, extending north and east to Mono and south to Madera. Designated a World Heritage Site in 1984, Yosemite is internationally recognized for its granite cliffs, waterfalls, clear streams, groves of giant sequoia, lakes, mountains, meadows, glaciers, and biological diversity. Almost 95 percent of the park is designated wilderness. Yosemite is one of the largest and least fragmented habitat blocks in the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Its geology is characterized by granite and remnants of older rock. About 10 million years ago, the Sierra Nevada was uplifted and tilted to form its unique slopes, which increased the steepness of stream and river beds, forming deep, narrow canyons. About one million years ago, glaciers formed at higher elevations. They moved downslope, cutting and sculpting the U-shaped Yosemite Valley. Humans may have first entered the area 10,000 to 8,000 years ago, with Native Americans having inhabited the region for nearly 4,000 years. European Americans entered the area by 1833.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Yosemite 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 Yosemite use?

October 1, 1890 — Wikipedia’s Date established as park. Month and day assign the card; the year is unused.

What is Yosemite's National Park birth card?

The 8 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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