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
Sunday, March 27th, The River to River Trail Society tried something a bit different. We had not attempted a “Sunday afternoon” hike in about 10 years. It went very well. Mark Motsinger led 27 other hikers, with, again, several new hikers, fromRead More
We had 23 hikers Saturday in the Packentuck- Camp Ondessonk area, to see 6 waterfalls, Yes!!! That many. They were all flowing. When we started, the wind Was blowing out of the North. But, as the old adage says, and was ProvenRead More
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