The River to River Trail

This post is for all of those signing up for fall hikes and hike leaders. Linked below is the waiver that all will be asked to sign prior to all of the hikes. Please take some time to review it prior toRead More

The River-to-River Trail Society announces its first hike of the Fall, 2020 hiking season, at Pyramid State Park in Perry County, Illinois, on Saturday, October 10. The hike is free and open to the public, but spaces are limited for public healthRead More

Hi all: Today the River to River Trail Society volunteers did a great job in picking up well over 100 lbs of trash from above and below the observation trail area, backpackers parking lot and the Indian point trail. The crew workedRead More

The River-to-River Trail Society announces that this fall it will once again offer a schedule of guided hikes in and near the Shawnee National Forest. All hikes are free and open to the public. Although the hikes vary in level of difficulty,Read More

Hi all, we hope everyone has had a safe and enjoyable summer considering everything going on. As everyone already knows, we cancelled all but one of our spring hikes and our annual meeting & picnic this past spring because of COVID-19. InRead More

Little Grand Canyon hiking trail made the national news representing all of Illinois for the most scenic hike in the state. http://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/travel-photos/the-most-scenic-hike-in-every-state/ss-BB14JgQG?ocid=ientp#image=15

On Wednesday May 13, 2020 Gillum Ferguson did a 18 min interview with Tom Miller to talk about the Society and the R2R trail. Give the interview a listen from WJPF’s website or ours as linked below. https://www.wjpf.com/episode/newsradio-wjpf-interview-with-gillum-ferguson-may-13-2020/

For any that are interested, I received this from the FS. Hi Everyone, Sorry for any cross-postings. I thought some of you might be interested in my upcoming webinar presentation next Monday, May 4 at 10am on Selected Natural Areas of theRead More

The Leave No Trace Organization updated their hiking guidelines to include guidance regarding the current events associated with the Covid-19. This was shared with us by the Shawnee National Forest Service with guidance to share as appropriate. A PDF version is alsoRead More