The River to River Trail

What a Wonderful day to start the Fall hiking season. Today  on our 1st hike of the Fall 2022 hiking season, we met at the Heron Pond parking lot. Shawn Gossman led 16 other hikers, including several new hikers and 1 from Indiana,Read More

The River-to-River Trail Society announces its second public guided hike of the Fall 2022 hiking season on Saturday Oct. 8th, in Garden of Gods (Gallatin County). This will be a hike to Gorilla Rock and is free and open to the public.Read More

The Society would like to give a Big Shout Out and Thank You to the 6 or 7 folks that showed up this morning and helped us clean up the Garden of the Gods Recreation Area of the Shawnee National Forest. The team pickedRead More

The River to River Trail made it on this list in the No. 4 spot, check out the list. https://www.thetravel.com/where-to-do-a-thru-hike-in-fall-united-states/

The River-to-River Trail Society announces its first public guided hike of the Fall 2022 hiking season, on Saturday Oct. 1st, in the Heron Pond Nature Preserve (Johnson County). This will be a wildlife hike and is free and open to the public.Read More

Hi all, we hope everyone has had a safe and enjoyable summer considering everything going on. We in the Trail Society have completed planning and published our fall hiking schedule which will start on October 1, 2022. In an effort to giveRead More

The River-to River Trail Society announces its schedule of free guided hikes in and about the Shawnee National Forest for Fall, 2022. All hikes are open to the public free of charge. No reservations are required. These hikes are of at leastRead More

The monument was dedicated on August 13th, see this page for the details including a video of the entire event. http://www.rivertorivertrail.net/home/society-information/john-odell-monument-dedicated/

The monument was delivered to Southern Illinois during the week of June 17 and the Society currently coordinating and planning its installation and dedication. We could use your help and are asking everyone to share their thoughts about John. See this pageRead More