Ticks in / near Rapid City (spearfish, Rapid, Custer) (stats, relocating to)

[Rooster1722]

Hello folks!

Currently in north Idaho and have family relocating to the Rapid City area. They are looking for some acreage within an hour to Rapid City, up to Spearfish or down by Custer and in between. How bad are the ticks there? We don’t really have ticks in north Idaho so that whole thing is new to me.

Anyone with personal experience on this, your input would be greatly appreciated.

[Boicpl]

Huh ticks are all over including northern Idaho.

https://www.cdc.gov/ticks/avoid/on_people.html

[Rooster1722]

Originally Posted by Boicpl

Huh ticks are all over including northern Idaho.

https://www.cdc.gov/ticks/avoid/on_people.html

That may be true, although I haven't experienced them at all and we hike quite a bit. I am, however interested in the tick situation in South Dakota rather than Idaho. It seems from the lack of responses that perhaps they are not a big deal at all, similar to where I am at.

[mlulu23]

Like the poster said, ticks are all over, from coast to coast. If you have deer, you have ticks. And they don't just stick to deer. They can be as small as the period at the end of this sentence. So can be easy to miss.


Search results for "Ticks in South Dakota".

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ticks+in+s...=v139-1&ia=web


Map of reported cases of Lyme Disease by state.

https://lymediseaseassociation.org/c...s-maps-graphs/