The River to River Trail

Saturday, April 22, was cool, but sunny, with a bit of wind. 11 of us gathered at Fishing Hole lane, Dutchman lake, not far from the boat ramp,  North of Vienna, and our co-leaders for the hike were Cathy Jennings & MelanieRead More

The River-to-River Trail Society announces its 9th public hike of the 2023 spring hiking season on April 29th. Hiking: Ruby Falls/Bay Creek (Pope County). This hike is free and open to the public. This will be a hike of moderate difficulty, 6Read More

On Sat April 15th, 18 hikers met Leader Bob Mulcahy on Cedar Grove Rd, where the River to River Trail crosses. We had  hikers from Chicago to Metropolis and 1 from Missouri. We were ‘on trail ‘ most all day long. WeRead More

The River-to-River Trail Society announces its 8th public hike of the 2023 spring hiking season on April 22nd. Hiking: Dutchman Lake Loop (Johnson County). This hike is free and open to the public. This hike will be of moderate difficulty, 5 milesRead More

Saturday April 8th, Steve Melville led 12  hikers into the woods just North of Camp Cadiz. It was a sunny day ,with a couple of new hikers, 1 from Sullivan Illinois. We were “off-trail” over 80% of the time and hiked aboutRead More

The River-to-River Trail Society announces its 7th public hike of the 2023 spring hiking season on April 15th. Hiking: Crow Knob and Miller Grove National Historic area (Pope County). This hike is free and open to the public. This will be aRead More

On Saturday April 1st, 7 hikers (none were ‘new’ hikers) met Sam Morales, hike leader, at New Simpson HIll school, on a sunny, windy, cool morning. We then moved out to the Gum Springs Trailhead. The parking area already had 2 horseRead More

The River-to-River Trail Society announces its 6th public hike of the 2023 spring hiking season on April 8th. Hiking: Ripple Canyon Camp Cadiz (Hardin County). This hike is free and open to the public. This will be a hike of moderate difficulty,Read More

Todays’ hike, led by Shawn Gossman, began at the Benham Hill trailhead parking lot. 19 other hikers gathered, including about 5 new hikers. The morning started out with a somewhat overcast sky, yet quickly, with movement and getting into the woods, we allRead More

The River-to-River Trail Society announces its 5th public hike of the 2023 spring hiking season on April 1st. Hiking: Gum Springs Trailhead to JD Falls (Johnson County). This hike is free and open to the public. This hike will be of moderateRead More