How bad are ticks at Acadia National Park?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn’t go. Doesn’t sound like a vacation if you have to worry about ticks the whole time.

Ticks are all over the country. Lyme carrying ticks are very common in at least a dozen states.

[Anonymous]

Remember that ticks don’t just crawl up your legs from the ground - they’re often in the shrubs and trees as they ride around on birds and small mammals. So they can drop onto you from vegetation as you brush against it hiking through the woods.

Daily tick checks are imperative after outdoor activities. Or an immediate shower to wash off any that haven’t yet attached.

[Anonymous]

This whole thread is terrifying. Especially the part about Nantucket. Not Nantucket?! My beloved.

[Anonymous]

Thanks everyone. FIL struggled terribly after catching Lyme disease so we are concerned enough about precautions but also live locally and have not been before to Acadia. This helps. Thanks again!

[Anonymous]

Our family of 5 has vacationed in Acadia several summers, and DH and I have been there on our own twice. No one has ever gotten Lyme disease. We use bug spray, but also most of the trails in Acadia are rocky, so not conducive to ticks.

(Btw after growing up on the East Coast, hiking and camping dozens of times all over, our DD moved to California for grad school and got Lyme disease for the 1st time within a few months of living there.)

[Anonymous]

I live in Maine - just observe all the precautions described above and do tick checks when you come in for day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our family of 5 has vacationed in Acadia several summers, and DH and I have been there on our own twice. No one has ever gotten Lyme disease. We use bug spray, but also most of the trails in Acadia are rocky, so not conducive to ticks.

(Btw after growing up on the East Coast, hiking and camping dozens of times all over, our DD moved to California for grad school and got Lyme disease for the 1st time within a few months of living there.)

Compared to a trail through a meadow in Shenandoah? Maybe a little.

Still do tick checks daily. Your ENTIRE body.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our family of 5 has vacationed in Acadia several summers, and DH and I have been there on our own twice. No one has ever gotten Lyme disease. We use bug spray, but also most of the trails in Acadia are rocky, so not conducive to ticks.

(Btw after growing up on the East Coast, hiking and camping dozens of times all over, our DD moved to California for grad school and got Lyme disease for the 1st time within a few months of living there.)

Yikes, whereabouts in CA?

[Anonymous]

Went 2 years ago, never saw any ticks but we did check when showering just in case.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This whole thread is terrifying. Especially the part about Nantucket. Not Nantucket?! My beloved.

Nantucket has so many deer that it’s impossible there won’t be ticks. The Linda Loring space has salt licks with tick repellent rubs to help keep the numbers down. How can you “love” Nantucket and not know this?

[Anonymous]

This was my biggest issue visiting Maine a couple years ago. I was so paranoid, I couldn’t enjoy the trip.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our family of 5 has vacationed in Acadia several summers, and DH and I have been there on our own twice. No one has ever gotten Lyme disease. We use bug spray, but also most of the trails in Acadia are rocky, so not conducive to ticks.

(Btw after growing up on the East Coast, hiking and camping dozens of times all over, our DD moved to California for grad school and got Lyme disease for the 1st time within a few months of living there.)

California doesn’t have ticks

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our family of 5 has vacationed in Acadia several summers, and DH and I have been there on our own twice. No one has ever gotten Lyme disease. We use bug spray, but also most of the trails in Acadia are rocky, so not conducive to ticks.

(Btw after growing up on the East Coast, hiking and camping dozens of times all over, our DD moved to California for grad school and got Lyme disease for the 1st time within a few months of living there.)

California doesn’t have ticks

Yeah, they do. https://www.kqed.org/science/1866308/lyme-disease-in-california-sorting-fact-from-myth

She got it after hiking somewhere in Mendocino or Sonoma. Got a huge bullseye rash - I don't think she ever saw the tick.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Remember that ticks don’t just crawl up your legs from the ground - they’re often in the shrubs and trees as they ride around on birds and small mammals. So they can drop onto you from vegetation as you brush against it hiking through the woods.

Daily tick checks are imperative after outdoor activities. Or an immediate shower to wash off any that haven’t yet attached.

I thought this has been debunked? Cite?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Remember that ticks don’t just crawl up your legs from the ground - they’re often in the shrubs and trees as they ride around on birds and small mammals. So they can drop onto you from vegetation as you brush against it hiking through the woods.

Daily tick checks are imperative after outdoor activities. Or an immediate shower to wash off any that haven’t yet attached.

I thought this has been debunked? Cite?

No dropping from trees.

https://www.consumerreports.org/outdoor-safety/tick-myths-debunked/