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On the more popular trails in Griffith Park, the wide paths and frequent foot traffic mean you’re not especially likely to encounter ticks—but they are here. If you find yourself deeper in the backcountry or hiking through an overgrown area, it’s worth your time to stop for a quick tick check afterward, especially in the warmer summer and fall months.

The best way to avoid a tick bite is to make it more difficult for them to get to you. Wear long sleeves and pants and light-colored clothing and tuck your pants into your socks if you don’t mind getting a citation from the fashion police. If you do get bitten by a tick, it’s gross but relatively easy to remove it with a pair of tweezers or a tick-removal tool. If you don’t have one of those available, you can wait until you get home or go to a walk-in clinic instead—even if the tick is carrying pathogens, most of the ones they transmit generally won’t enter your bloodstream until the tick has been attached for at least twenty-four hours.

Do not attempt to remove the tick by pulling on it with your fingers, putting rubbing alcohol on it, setting it on fire, or doing anything else.