North Bridge Visitor Center — Attraction in Concord

BE AWARE OF TICKS!!!

We love coming here for walk for many reasons, it’s peaceful and gorgeous all year round. The spring flowers in the garden are popping.

However, we ran into some serious ticks issue during our visit this past Sunday. We brought food to the picnic table under tree in the shady area near the visitor center and that was the biggest mistake. There were still leaves on the ground and we later noticed there are ticks crawling on our friend’s lab. We wrap up the meal as quickly as we can but still found multiple hungry greedy ticks on my friend’s lab.

We did a quick check on our long curly hair poodle mix pup and found ONE tick. BUT when we got home we found a total of TEN TICKS during brush, bath, and groom. She was shaved down so we can SEE the ticks. I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THEY WERE HIDING!!! Found (hopefully) the last one more than 24 hours later as we were just chilling on the couch! It was a nightmare and I am still recovering from this.

My friend found ticks crawling in the grass area near the trail as well. I get it, it’s ticks season and it’s near the water. But this is madness, hope the park will notice this and take some action. I will re-think if I should bring my dog...

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