Keep away from fences, metal clotheslines, telephone lines, power lines, pipelines, and any electrically conductive elevated objects. Avoid hilltops, open spaces, isolated buildings, exposed sheds or other metal structures. Descend from ridges and mountains on the leeward side. Don't handle flammable materials in open containers. Don't use metal objects such as fishing rods and golf clubs.
Golfers wearing cleated shoes are particularly good lightning rods.
Avoid the highest object in the area. If only isolated trees are nearby, the best protection is to crouch in the open, keeping twice as far away from isolated trees as the trees are high. Whenever lightning is nearby, take off backpacks with either external or internal metal frames. In tents, stay at least a few inches from metal tent poles. When you are setting up a campsite in the summer-time, keep thunderstorms in mind.