The River to River Trail

The River-to-River Trail Society regrets to announce that its scheduled public hikes on March 21, 22, and 28 have been cancelled. The reason for the cancellation is to assist in retarding the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID 19) pursuant to guidance fromRead More

The River-to-River Trail Society announces its third and fourth scheduled guided hikes for the Spring, 2020 hiking season on Saturday, March 21 and Sunday, March 22. These hikes are free and open to the public. For both hikes, hiking sticks and bootsRead More

With recent news that Devils Backbone Park at Grand Tower is closed, we reached out to the folks at Grand Tower and got the following response about parking at the park for R2R Trail hikers. Talked to Park Board President and heRead More

The River-to-River Trail Society announces its second guided hike of the Spring, 2020 hiking season on Saturday, March 14, from Williams Hill to Rudement, by way of Sally Hollow and Beech Hollow. This hike is free and open to the public.  TheRead More

I have been hiking with the River to River Trail Society for at Least 8, maybe 10 years. But. Yesterday, was the Largest number of people & hikers that I Ever had the pleasure of being with. 55 all total. We evenRead More

The River-to-River Trail Society announces its first scheduled hike of the Spring, 2020 hiking season, on Saturday, March 7. This hike is free and open to the public. The hike will proceed from High Knob to Resthaven, by way of Hurricane Bluff,Read More

The River-to-River Trail Society announces its schedule of free guided hikes in and about the Shawnee National Forest for Spring, 2020. All hikes are open to the public free of charge. No reservations are required, except for the April 26 hike inRead More

In response to frequent and numerous requests on social media and at the Shawnee NF visitor centers, the subject maps and brochures were created. This was a joint effort of members of the River to River Trail Society, The Shawnee National ForestRead More

The Forest Service Crews recently completed a three mile reroute of the R2R trail in the Lusk Creek Wilderness. This reroute is between trail 425 and Little Lusk Creek on the east end. The FS has been working on the reroute forRead More

The River to River Trail Society would like to thank Megan and the Shawnee National Forest crew that cut and cleared another 49 trees off the R2R trail. The trees were cleared between FR1917 and Bassett Road on Thursday. This section ofRead More