Thanks to the generous donations the Society has received from many different River to River Trail Through hikers, the Society has elected to improve the trail by putting those funds back into the trail. As a result, the Society elected to tackleRead More
The Ameren power utility work that used a portion of the R2R Trail for access on Map 15 has been completed in the past few weeks so trail hikers should no longer be affected by this work. The following map shows theRead More
The Trail Society would like to give a Big Shout Out and Thank You to the 33 folks that showed up on Saturday September 23 morning and helped us clean up the Garden of the Gods Recreation Area of the Shawnee National Forest. TheRead More
Hi all, we hope everyone has had a safe and enjoyable summer considering everything going on. We in the Trail Society have been working on our fall hiking schedule to be released soon. In an effort to give back to the forest,Read More
On Wed. May 24th, 3 members of the River to River Trail Society, along with 4 U.S. Forest Service personnel and over 10 people from the Southern Illinois Backcountry Horsemen, gathered at Franks’ tract to cooperate to do some trail maintenance andRead More
The River to River Trail Society would like to extend a sincere THANK YOU to Karl Van Scyoc and his 4-5 buddies that came to Southern Illinois to hike the R2R trail in March 2023 from the Houston, TX area. Karl isRead More
We have just been notified by the Shawnee National Forest Service that work is restarting on the timber harvest between Bassett Road and Cadiz Road. They have reissued that attached detour R2R Trail hikers in the area. Road work in this areaRead More
Our partners the Back Country Horseman are looking for volunteers to help pack gravel into trails in the Lusk creek area. Volunteers are needed to fill buckets with gravel, dump them into the pack teams and then to level the gravel whereRead More
On February 18, 2023 the River to River Trail Society joined forces with the Illinois Branch of the Back Country Horseman to repair the River to River Trail between Dutchman Lake and Twinz Lane. This section of trail was originally built throughRead More
The Trail Society is working together with the Back Country Horseman to try and clear the River to River Trail between Dutchman Lake and Twinz Lane. Some Society members hiked the trail late last year and confirmed that over 30 pines haveRead More