The River to River Trail

I forgot something Big Time. Mea Culpa. I want to give a Huge “Shout Out’ and Big “Thank You” to ALL of the hike leaders this spring…Greg Santen of Camp Ondessonk, Todd Carr, Bill Gilmour, Mark Motsinger, Shawn Gossman & Michelle Cochran, Read More

For the last hike of the Spring 2021 hiking season, we met at the “top” of High Knob. Fred Scott was our leader for the day, taking 15 other hikers out East and North. We left, and then returned, via the RiverRead More

Hike leader Bob Mulcahy reported that he lead a courageous group of 5 hikers (including himself) on a five mile hike today in the rain at Kinkaid Lake. All five hikers came prepared to hike in the rain including rain coats. Bob’sRead More

The River-to-River Trail Society announces its eighth and final scheduled hike of the 2021 Spring hiking season, on Saturday, May 1, on Shawnee National Forest Trail 146 in Gallatin County. The hike is free and open to the public. This will beRead More

For those that don’t know what FKT (Fastest Known Time) means, it can be seen on this website: https://fastestknowntime.com/route/river-river-trail-il . This past April Kevin attempted to beat the unsupported FKT on the River to River Trail. Take a look at the trailRead More

On Sat. April 17th, Gillum & Vicki Mossberger Ferguson led 11 other hikers on several trails in the Ferne Clyffe State park area. We used several trails, including the Black Jack Oak, Lake and Round Bluff Trails. We again had a newRead More

The River-to-River Trail Society announces its seventh scheduled hike of the 2021 Spring hiking  season, on Saturday, April 24, at Kinkaid Lake, in Jackson County. The hike is free and open to the public. This will be a hike of moderate difficulty,Read More

River to River Trail Guide Version 5.4_202104 has been uploaded to the Societies website. Updates included in this release include: Added a chapter on planning a thru hike with the help of Bob Ellis of Two Bob’s Adventures. This also includes infoRead More

There were 20 hikers led by Shawn Gossman last Saturday at Snake Road in Union County. The weather started off a bit cool, with a light, short rain shower,  not really conducive for snake movement,  but, later the clouds cleared and theRead More

The River-to-River Trail Society announces its sixth scheduled hike of the 2021 Spring hiking season, on Saturday, April 17, at Ferne Clyffe State Park, near Goreville in Johnson County. The hike is free and open to the public. This will be aRead More