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
This is a notice to all potential R2R Trail hikers that will be hiking from HWY45 to the Tunnel Hill State Trail on Map 15. I have been notified by the FS and Ameren Energy that Ameren Energy will be working onRead More
Today, Fri. Oct. 7th, 3 River to River Trail Society members (Jim Todd, Sam Morales & Chris Drone) along with 3 people, including Pat Jones, from Friends of the Shawnee, worked a Trash Blast just North of the Grantsburg swamp. This areaRead More
Any potential trail hikers please note the following detour the FS shared with us today. A section of the River To River Trail in our Lee Mine Project area, Hardin County, is being temporarily detoured while road construction and tree removal isRead More
The Society would like to give a Big Shout Out and Thank You to the 6 or 7 folks that showed up this morning and helped us clean up the Garden of the Gods Recreation Area of the Shawnee National Forest. The team pickedRead More
Hi all, we hope everyone has had a safe and enjoyable summer considering everything going on. We in the Trail Society have completed planning and published our fall hiking schedule which will start on October 1, 2022. In an effort to giveRead More
On May 1, 2022 the River to River Trail Society sponsored a trash blast along 2.5 miles of the River to River trail from Elizabethtown to a 1/2 mile north of Lake Tecumsah. The volunteer crew shown in the above photos fromRead More