After reading this article about a looming tickageddon due to the warming of the northeastern region I decided to reduce my off road hiking. I've had one embedded tick episode already this season.
Locations I visit that are good tick territory are Saratoga Battlefield, Peebles Island, Schodack Island and Vischer Ferry Nature Preserve. Tall grasses are prevalent along trails and photo vantage points require traversing them.
Some other locations are less tick risky as trails or roads are paved or gravel and grass near trails is mowed. Thacher Park, Saratoga Spa State Park and the Champlain Canalway trails are examples. Today, I walked around what might be the best of these locations, Oakwood Cemetery, which is also by far the closest to home.
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| RF 50mm f/1.4L, f/5.6, 1/250 sec., ISO 100 |
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| RF 50mm f/1.4L, f/5.6, 1/1000 sec., ISO 100 |
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| RF 50mm f/1.4L, f/5.6, 1/750 sec., ISO 100 |
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| RF 50mm f/1.4L, f/4, 1/3000 sec., ISO 100 |
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| RF 50mm f/1.4L, f/11, 1/350 sec., ISO 100 |
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| RF 50mm f/1.4L, f/8, 1/125 sec., ISO 100 |
UPDATE 11/23/25: I kind of forgot this plan and picked another tick bite after getting into the weeds a bit at Saratoga National Historical Park yesterday. This tick hadn't been attached too long so I'm not worried about the diseases.
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