The River to River Trail

On a cloudy Saturday, May 3rd, 7 hikers gathered at a spot in Alexander county that most of us had never before been to. It was Trail 220. There was a possibility of rain, so, many had stuffed into their backpacks someRead More

Hello All!! The 2025 River To River Trail Society Annual meeting will be here soon. It is scheduled for Saturday, June 7th, 10 am, at the Vienna, IL. City Park, which coincides with National Trails Day The park is adjacent to the Tunnel HillRead More

On Saturday, April 26th, 14 hikers gathered at the main waterfall parking lot at Ferne Clyffe State park, just south of Goreville.  Cathy Jennings was our leader for this hike. We had 1 new hiker, the rest of the hikers had allRead More

The River to River Trail Society announces its 10th public hike of the 2025 spring hiking season on May 3rd. Hiking: Horse Creek Trail (Alexander County). This hike is free and open to the public. This will be a very difficult loopRead More

On Saturday April 19th, hikers met at the Stoneface parking lot in Mountain township of Saline county.  This hike was adjusted because of flood waters over a road. This hike was originally intended to be the Crest trail hike from the Tecumseh statue atRead More

The River to River Trail Society announces its 9th public hike of the 2025 spring hiking season on April 26thth. Hiking: Ferne Clyffe (Johnson County). This hike is free and open to the public. This will be a moderate loop/backtrack hike forRead More

This morning, 22 hikers, with a few arriving late, because of flooded roads, gathered at the North end of Snake road, in Union county, to be led by Shawn Gossman. We took the group picture 1st thing, because some hikers would have a differentRead More

Due to road closures in the area, and the expectation of more rain on Saturday, the hike scheduled for Saturday, April 19, will be scaled back. The hike will now be an out and back hike from the Old Stone Face toRead More

On April 17th 2025 nine volunteers and one Forest Service employee showed up to work on clearing downed trees from the Max Creek section of the R2R Trail. Downed trees were from the March 15th tornado that hit the Max Creek sectionRead More

The River to River Trail Society announces its 8th public hike of the 2025 spring hiking season on April 19th. Hiking: Crest Trail (Saline County). This hike is free and open to the public. This hike will be of moderate difficulty overRead More