The River to River Trail

Yesterday April 2, 2020 the Shawnee National Forest Service issued a closure order for some of the more popular sites in the Shawnee including Garden of the Gods and Bell Smith Springs. That order is provided below: Today, April 3, 2020 theRead More

The River-to-River Trail Society regrets to announce that its remaining scheduled hikes for the 2020 spring hiking season will be cancelled. This includes the public hikes previously scheduled for March 28, April 4, April 11, April 18, April 25, April 26, and MayRead More

Similar to the Tim Pohlman call to the STC last Thursday, the Trail Society got a call last Friday from Chad Deaton of the Shawnee National Forest Office. Chad asked the Trail Society to get the word out about the upcoming attemptRead More

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