Sat. April 30th, we met at the visitors’ center at Giant City State Park. Fred Scott led 18 other hikers, in and around various areas of the park. It was a bit overcast, but Temps were almost perfect We carpooled from theRead More
The River-to-River Trail Society announces its tenth and final guided hike of the spring, 2022 hiking season, on Saturday, May 7, in Lusk Creek Wilderness, in Pope County. The hike is free and open to the public.The hike will be a difficult hike ofRead More
Hike of Sat. April 23,2022. This IS a bit late, sorry folks, I kept forgetting. We gathered at the Vienna, IL. U.S. Forest Service office and then moved out to Bulge Hole Ecological Area, which is, “by the crow”, almost straight NorthRead More
The River-to-River Trail Society announces its ninth hike of the Spring, 2022 hiking season, on Saturday, April 30, 2022, over several trails at Giant City State Park, near Makanda, Illinois. The hike is free and open to the public. This will beRead More
Susan & Kerry Durfee led 22 other hikers into the North part of the Burden Falls Wilderness area today. It Was a perfect day to hike, with temps great for hiking and skies of blue. We again had several new hikers andRead More
River-to-River Trail Society announces its eighth guided hike of the Spring, 2022 hiking season on Saturday, April 23. The hike will be a wildflower hike at Bulge Hole Ecological Area in Johnson County led by noted Illinois botanist Chris Benda. The previouslyRead More
On Saturday, April 9th, Bob Mulcahy led 14 other hikers into the Piney Creek Ravine, which in 2001, was put on the National Register of Historic Places. We had 4 new hikers. I had not been to this area prior to today,Read More
The River-to-River Trail Society announces its seventh guided hike of the Spring, 2022 hiking season, on Saturday, April 16, in the north part of Burden Falls Wilderness. This hike is free and open to the public. It will be a hike ofRead More
Saturday, April 2nd, 2022 Bill Gilmour led 18 other hikers into the Jackson Hollow Ecological Area, which is East of Trigg Tower road. His original hike had been planned for the West Side of Trigg Tower road, into the Finke Sandstone areaRead More
The River-to-River Trail Society announces its sixth guided hike of the Spring, 2022 hiking season, on Saturday, April 9, at Piney Creek ravine Natural Area, on the border between Jackson and Randolph Counties. The hike is free and open to the public.Read More