Saturday, October 19, 2024 Hike Announcement

The River to River Trail Society announces its 3rd public hike of the 2024 fall hiking season on Oct. 19th. Hiking: Tupelo Trail (Johnson County). This hike is free and open to the public. This will be a in and out hike approximately 3.5 miles in length, 2 hours hiking time. The leader of this hike can be reached at 618-791-3086 for more information. Hikers should meet at 10:00 am at the Michael W. Wolff Memorial Wetlands Trailhead. This hike is intended for people in good health who have done some hiking. Hiking sticks and boots or sturdy shoes are recommended. Hikers should bring their own water and snacks. No dogs please. The snack break will take place after the completion of the hike next to the Michael Wolff Memorial. There is a vault restroom at the trailhead. If using Avenza for tracking download the Karnak Topo Map from the app store. For a map to the meeting location at Michael Wolff Memorial Wetlands Trailhead click this blue link Michael W. Wolff Memorial  and a map will open up, and then click the Directions button and a driving map will be created which will allow you to plan your driving directions to the meeting area. Prior to participating in any hikes, the River to River Trail Society requests that all hikers read the 2023 Trail Society Waiver which can be found on the River to River website at the following link River to River Trail Society Information and then sign off on this waiver prior to the beginning of the hike. A copy of the waiver will be at the Michael W. Wolff Memorial Wetlands Trailhead meeting area for your signature.

Saturday October 5, 2024 Hike Summary

For the 1st hike of the Fall 2024 hiking season, we met at the East Trigg trailhead, on Sat. Oct. 5th, 2024. Our leader for the day was Bill Gilmour. It was sunny And quite warm. We had 21 hikers, including 4-5 newbies. We “vehicle-pooled” North about a mile. and moved into the woods on the East side of the gravel road, into Jackson Hollow. We worked our way downward, into the valley, and for about 2 hours, essentially followed a bluff line on our “left”.  Several hikers crawled/climbed through passages. Some found some small windows and a group at the tail end observed a Copperhead snake about 18-20 inches long. Hikers also found several small turtles. 

  We took a lunch break at an overhang area that had a ring of stones for a campfire, then went across the valley, to the opposite side, for the afternoon portion of the hike, with the rock face again on our left. We did cross 1 small stream that was barely trickling. We hiked about 4 miles. 

Next weeks’ hike, Sat, Oct. 12th, will be led again by Bill Gimour, meeting at the parking lot at New Simpson HIll School, along Rt. 45, 10am. We will again ‘vehicle-pool’ to where we hit the trail. 

Until then, “See ya’ll on the trail.