The River to River Trail

The River-to-River Trail Society announces its 8th public hike of the Fall, 2023 hiking season, on Sunday, November 12, at 1:30 p.m.  The hike will be an out-and-back hike of about three miles into Secret Canyon, in the Lusk Creek Wilderness, in PopeRead More

The River-to-River Trail Society announces its 7th public hike of the 2023 fall hiking season on Nov. 11th. Hiking: Lake Glendale (Pope County). This hike is free and open to the public. This will be a hike of moderate difficulty, 6 milesRead More

On Saturday, October 28th, we gathered at the Godwin East Trailhead. Bob & Sam had already spotted vehicles at the West end. 9 hikers gathered and Bob promptly got us started at 10:01 am. We were all keeping an eye and earRead More

The River-to-River Trail Society announces its 6th public hike of the 2023 fall hiking season on Nov. 4th. Hiking: Buttermilk Hill picnic area (Jackson County). This hike is free and open to the public. This will be a hike of moderate difficulty, 7.5 milesRead More

On a Bright Sunny Saturday, October 21, Sam Morales gathered  14 other hikers and left the parking area at the Lusk Creek Trailhead, across from Circle B campground and headed East on Stonebottom Road. (1 hiker thinks another name could be “Hard butt” Road).Read More

The River-to-River Trail Society announces its 5th public hike of the 2023 fall hiking season on Oct. 28th. Hiking: Godwin Trail (Union County). The Godwin Trail is a segment of the R2R trail. This hike is free and open to the public.Read More

On Saturday, October 14th, 12 hikers met at Ferne Clyffe State Park, to be led on a hike by Chris Drone. We had 4 New hikers: a couple from Colombia. Illinois, a son from North Carolina joining his dad, and a womanRead More

The River-to-River Trail Society announces its 4th public hike of the 2023 fall hiking season on Oct. 21st. Hiking: Salt Peter Cave, 20-person maximum capacity, Reservations Required (Pope County). This hike is free and open to the public. This will be a hikeRead More

On Sat. October 10th, 11 hikers met at the intersection of IL. Rt 145 & IL. Rt. 147. Bill Gilmour was our leader. We consolidated vehicles and went North on Cedar Grove Rd, then turned west on Naylor lane. We found a smallRead More

The Shawnee National Forest Service is looking for volunteers to help remove the seed pods from Japanese Chaff Flowers along the R2R Trail in the Dutchman Lake area. They plan on meeting at 9:00 am October 17, 2023 at the Dutchman LakeRead More