The River to River Trail

The Trail Society would like to thank Janice and Mia for there very thoughtful suggestion that we are sharing here. The following bolded paragraphs are what we received: I thought I’d share a quick note of thanks and appreciation. My name isRead More

The River to River Trail Society announces its 5th public hike of the 2025 Fall hiking season on Nov. 8th.  Hiking: Giant City State Park (Jackson County). This hike is free and open to the public. This will be a moderate thruRead More

On a cloudy, overcast sky Saturday morning, 17 hikers gathered at the end of Rebman lane, to be led by Melanie Kasson on a hike involving several trails, including parts of the River to River trail, in the South part of FerneRead More

The River to River Trail Society announces its 4th public hike of the 2025 Fall hiking season on Nov. 1st.  Hiking: Dutchman Lake (Johnson County). This hike is free and open to the public. This will be a moderately difficult loop hikeRead More

22 hikers gathered on a warm Saturday, October 18th, to be led down the Wild Turkey trail in the Crab Orchard National Wildlife refuge and other trails by Cathy Jennings, todays’ hike leader. We had 1 new hiker from the Carbondale areaRead More

The River to River Trail Society announces its 3rd public hike of the 2025 Fall hiking season on Oct. 25th.  Hiking: Ferne Clyffe (Johnson County). This hike is free and open to the public. This will be a moderately difficult loop hikeRead More

On a sunny Saturday October 11th, we opened up the Fall 2025 hiking season. Sam Morales was our leader today, and he led 16 other hikers, including 2 new hikers, a husband/wife pair from Collinsville, Illinois. We met at Zion church, andRead More

A new trail story has been added to our website from Richard Hall. Richard interestingly enough weighed his entire pack and shared that content in this trail story to the gram. This may be useful to other trail users. Enjoy reading andRead More

The River to River Trail Society announces its 2nd public hike of the 2025 Fall hiking season on Oct. 18th.  Hiking: Wild Turkey Trail (Williamson County). This hike is free and open to the public. This will be a moderate in andRead More

On Monday, November 3rd, Dr. Jim Schroeder will be giving a presentation/discussion starting at 5:30 PM at the Shawneetown Library.  He will be selling his books and doing a signing after the book talk.  The talk will focus on his newest bookRead More