The River to River Trail

The Trail Society has scheduled a trash blast work day for Sunday May 1st, 2022 (May 15th is the rain out day). The plan is to clean along the first 2 miles of the River to River Trail between Watson Lane andRead More

The River-to-River Trail Society will hold its annual General Meeting on Saturday, June 4, at a location to be announced. Our annual meeting always occurs on the National Trails Day which is the first Saturday in June. During this annual meeting the SocietyRead More

Susan & Kerry Durfee led 22 other hikers into the North part of the Burden Falls Wilderness area today. It Was a perfect day to hike, with temps great for hiking and skies of blue. We again had several new hikers andRead More

River-to-River Trail Society announces its eighth guided hike of the Spring, 2022 hiking season on Saturday, April 23. The hike will be a wildflower hike at Bulge Hole Ecological Area in Johnson County led by noted Illinois botanist Chris Benda.  The previouslyRead More

On Saturday, April 9th, Bob Mulcahy led 14 other hikers into the Piney Creek Ravine, which in 2001, was put on the National Register of Historic Places. We had 4 new hikers. I had not been to this area prior to today,Read More

The River-to-River Trail Society announces its seventh guided hike of the Spring, 2022 hiking season, on Saturday, April 16, in the north part of Burden Falls Wilderness. This hike is free and open to the public. It will be a hike ofRead More

Saturday, April 2nd, 2022 Bill Gilmour led 18 other hikers into the Jackson Hollow Ecological Area, which is East of Trigg Tower road.  His original hike had been planned for the West Side of Trigg Tower road, into the Finke Sandstone areaRead More

The River-to-River Trail Society announces its sixth guided hike of the Spring, 2022 hiking season, on Saturday, April 9, at Piney Creek ravine Natural Area, on the border between Jackson and Randolph Counties. The hike is free and open to the public.Read More

Sunday, March 27th, The River to River Trail Society tried something a bit different. We had not attempted a “Sunday afternoon” hike in about 10 years. It went very well.  Mark Motsinger led 27 other hikers, with, again, several new hikers, fromRead More

Lindsey Godby Roberts just completed an unsupported Fastest Known Time (FKT) attempt yesterday morning. She did the entire R2R trail in 71 hrs, 48 mins, 42 secs and finished first thing in the morning after hiking all night. That’s dedication. If theRead More