The River-to-River Trail Society announces its fifth hike of the Spring, 2021 hiking season, on Saturday, April 2, in the western portion of Jackson Hollow, in Pope County. Society President Bill Gilmour will lead a challenging hike of about five and one-halfRead More
Sam Morales led 9 other hikers on a damp cloudy day in the Thacker Holllow & Pounds Hollow lake area. We met at the horse arena adjacent to Double M Campground, and left heading south. There are a Lot of trails thatRead More
The River-to-River Trail Society announces its third and fourth guided hikes of the Spring, 2022 season on Saturday, March 26 and Sunday, March 27. Both hikes are free and open to the public. Saturday’s hike will be a hike to view theRead More
What a Day to HIke!! (Can I write that again??) What a Great Day to Hike!! We started off the Spring 2022 Hiking season with a Bright, Sunny, Blue Sky, but Very cold & breezy. It had snowed the afternoon & eveningRead More
The River-to-River Trail Society announces its second hike of the spring hiking season in the Thacker Hollow area on Saturday, March 19. This hike is free and open to the public. This will be a hike of about four hours and fiveRead More
The River-to-River Trail Society announces its first guided public hike of the Spring, 2022 hiking season, on Saturday, March 12, in the area between One Horse Gap Lake and One Horse Gap itself. This hike is free and open to the public. This willRead More
As part of its thirtieth year of operation, this spring the River-to-River Trail Society will once again offer a schedule of guided hikes in and near the Shawnee National Forest. All hikes are free and open to the public, although in orderRead More
On a rainy, warm Saturday January 1st, 2022, 7 Hardy hikers gathered to follow the leader, Chris Drone, at the Bell Smith Springs parking lot to see where they might be able to go, with the skies ‘letting loose”. We did haveRead More
The River-to-River Trail Society will offer a special New Years Day hike on the Sentry Bluff Trail at Bell Smith Springs in Pope County on Saturday, January 1, 2022. This hike is free and open to the public. Hikers should meet atRead More
What a Grrreat day to finish up the Fall 2021 hiking season. Melanie Kasson was our leader at Wildcat Bluff, southwest of Vienna, IL. She led 23 hikers down the trail towards the Cache river, intending to cross it & head toRead More