The River to River Trail

It was a bright, clear, sunny, with a bit of wind, Saturday morning that 23 hikers gathered at the parking lot of New Simpson-Tunnel Hill school to be led by Sam Morales. We had several new to the Society hikers. We loadedRead More

The River to River Trail Society announces it 5th public hike of the 2026 Spring hiking season on April 4th.  Hiking: Crest Trail, (Saline County). This hike is free and open to the public. This will be a moderate, hike approximately 6.5Read More

The River to River Trail is used by the cross country American Discovery Trail in southern Illinois along their southern route. The American Discovery Trail Societies big project for 2026 is to run a cross country relay event along their entire trail.Read More

On a Well Above normal temperature Saturday morning, Melanie Kasson led a total of 20 other hikers on about a 7 mile hike in and around Ferne Clyffe state park.  3 new hikers joined  us today. We met at the main parking area forRead More

The River to River Trail Society announces its 4th public hike of the 2026 Spring hiking season on March 28th.  Hiking: Easter Basket Arch, (Johnson County). This hike is free and open to the public. This will be a moderate, loop hikeRead More

On Saturday, March 14th, 17 hikers, including 1-2 newbies, and a couple of “long-missing” hikers, gathered at the East Trigg trailhead parking lot, to be led by Marcus Owens. We headed East, encountering some good sized muddy areas, due to recent, but neededRead More

The River to River Trail Society announces its 3rd public hike of the 2026 Spring hiking season on March 21st.  Hiking: Ferne Clyffe SP. This hike is free and open to the public. This will be a moderately difficult hike including aRead More

The contractor of the salvage timber sale at Max Creek is scheduled to start April 1, weather pending.  They should be done by July 1, 2026.    We have provided a temporary detour for hikers.  We will be posting this map on theRead More

It was perfect hiking conditions on Saturday for the 2026 kickoff hike. 60 degrees, rain and even a tornado warning blowing up our phones half way through. There were 6 of us on the hike. Chris Drone drove out just to takeRead More

The River-to River Trail Society announces its schedule of free guided hikes in and about the Shawnee National Forest for Spring, 2026. All hikes are open to the public free of charge. No reservations are required except where noted on schedule. TheseRead More