The River to River Trail

Several groups got together for a planned Trash blast on National Public Lands Day at The Southern Illinois landmark of The Garden of Gods on Saturday, September 27, 2025.  This has become an annual event in concurrence with the U.S. Forest Service,Read More

The River to River Trail Society announces its 1st public hike of the 2025 Fall hiking season on Oct. 11th.  Hiking: Trail 049 (Pope County). This hike is free and open to the public. This will be a difficult loop hike approximatelyRead More

Hi all, we hope everyone has had a safe and enjoyable summer considering everything going on. We in the Trail Society have been working on our fall hiking schedule which was released. In an effort to give back to the forest, theRead More

On Tuesday, September 16th, Dr. Jim Schroeder will be giving a presentation/discussion from 5-6:30 PM at the Harrisburg District Library.  He will be selling his books and doing a signing after the book talk.  The talk will focus on his newest book entitledRead More

On Saturday June 7th,2025, the River to River Trail Society held its annual meeting at the Vienna Illinois city park. We had a gathering of over 20 people, including 2 gents from the U.S. Forest service. The business meeting was held first,Read More

The River-to River Trail Society announces its schedule of free guided hikes in and about the Shawnee National Forest for Fall, 2025. All hikes are open to the public free of charge. No reservations are required except where noted on schedule. TheseRead More

On a cloudy Saturday, May 3rd, 7 hikers gathered at a spot in Alexander county that most of us had never before been to. It was Trail 220. There was a possibility of rain, so, many had stuffed into their backpacks someRead More

Hello All!! The 2025 River To River Trail Society Annual meeting will be here soon. It is scheduled for Saturday, June 7th, 10 am, at the Vienna, IL. City Park, which coincides with National Trails Day The park is adjacent to the Tunnel HillRead More

On Saturday, April 26th, 14 hikers gathered at the main waterfall parking lot at Ferne Clyffe State park, just south of Goreville.  Cathy Jennings was our leader for this hike. We had 1 new hiker, the rest of the hikers had allRead More

The River to River Trail Society announces its 10th public hike of the 2025 spring hiking season on May 3rd. Hiking: Horse Creek Trail (Alexander County). This hike is free and open to the public. This will be a very difficult loopRead More