The River to River Trail

The River-to-River Trail Society announces its seventh and final hike of the Fall 2021 hiking season, on Saturday, November 27, at Wildcat Bluff, Little Black Slough, and  Boss Island, in Johnson County. The hike is free and open to the public.  This isRead More

The River-to-River Trail Society announces its sixth guided hike of the Fall, 2021 hiking season, on Saturday, November 13 at Cove Hollow in Pope County. Cove Hollow is sometimes known to rock climbers as “the Promised Land.”  The hike is free and open toRead More

On a wonderful sunny Sat. November 6th, Fred Scott led 29 other hikers out of the Upper High Knob parking lot.  We had, again, probably 5-7 ‘new’ hikers. A ‘whole truckload’ came from the Metro East area. We initially headed East onRead More

If anyone is looking to give back, the Back Country Horseman are having a backpacking day where they haul gravel with mules to put on the trails in the Lusk Creek Area. Helpers are needed to fill buckets with gravel that canRead More

The River-to-River Trail Society announces its fifth guided hike of the Fall, 2021 hiking season, on Saturday, November 6. This hike is free and open to the public. The hike will cover just under six miles on Trails 001,153, 180, 180C, andRead More

This weekend, Bill Gimour led 23 other hikers in the Dutchman lake area. We started out in a drizzle of rain, which finally relented by lunchtime. We passed by the Dutchman lake “hanging boulder” and 3 different waterfalls: Dutchman lake falls, MeditationRead More

The River-to-River Trail Society announces its fourth guided hike of the Fall, 2021 hiking season, on Saturday, October 30, at Dutchman Lake, in Johnson County. This hike is free and open to the public. This will be a hike of between fiveRead More

Saturday October 23, 2021, Chris Drone led 12 hikers on his first hike as leader.  The hike was just under 6 miles; started at the Buck Creek trail head and followed the Happy Hollow Trail along Buck Creek to the south endRead More

Sat. Oct. 16th, Bill Gilmour led 18 other hikers into a 6 mile hike East of the Garden of Gods area. We had about 6 new (to the Trail Society) hikers today. We started from the large parking lot just east ofRead More