The River to River Trail Society announces its 3rd public hike of the 2025 Fall hiking season on Oct. 25th. Hiking: Ferne Clyffe (Johnson County). This hike is free and open to the public. This will be a moderately difficult loop hikeRead More
On a sunny Saturday October 11th, we opened up the Fall 2025 hiking season. Sam Morales was our leader today, and he led 16 other hikers, including 2 new hikers, a husband/wife pair from Collinsville, Illinois. We met at Zion church, andRead More
The River to River Trail Society announces its 2nd public hike of the 2025 Fall hiking season on Oct. 18th. Hiking: Wild Turkey Trail (Williamson County). This hike is free and open to the public. This will be a moderate in andRead More
The River to River Trail Society announces its 1st public hike of the 2025 Fall hiking season on Oct. 11th. Hiking: Trail 049 (Pope County). This hike is free and open to the public. This will be a difficult loop hike approximatelyRead More
The River-to River Trail Society announces its schedule of free guided hikes in and about the Shawnee National Forest for Fall, 2025. All hikes are open to the public free of charge. No reservations are required except where noted on schedule. TheseRead More
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
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