The River to River Trail

Hi All: Glenn has authored a complete novel on his and Joe Ulmer’s River to River Trail adventure in April 2023. The novel also chronicles some of Glenn’s life journey that lead him to his River to River Trail hike. The novelRead 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 Saturday, June 3, 2023, at the Vienna City park, the River to River Trail Society held its annual meeting. 20 members and guests gathered to hear speakers; listen to the business report and elect officers & board members for 2023-2024.  FredRead 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

Hello All!! The 2023 River To River Trail Society Annual meeting will be here soon. It is scheduled for Saturday, June 3rd, 10 am, at the Vienna, IL. City Park, which coincides with National Trails Day The park is adjacent to theRead More

On Saturday morning May 6th, was our last hike of the Spring 2023 hiking season. Fred Scott was our leader. We met at Taylor Methodist church parking lot on U.S. Rt. 45, North of Vienna, We then moved to the trailhead at theRead 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

Saturday morning, April 29th, 17 hikers, with Chris Drone as guide leader, gathered at the old Shawnee mart at Eddyville, Illinois.  We had new hikers from Livingston county Illinois, and, from Northwest Tennessee. In fact, we had as many New hikers withRead More

The River-to-River Trail Society announces its 10th public hike of the 2023 spring hiking season on May 6th. Hiking: Max Creek (Johnson County). This hike is free and open to the public. This will be a 5 mile loop hike. The leaderRead More