2020 02-17
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
2020 02-12
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
2020 01-24
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
2020 01-17
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
2020 01-15
A new trail story from someone that recently finished the trail was added to the Trail Society web page. Check it out. http://www.rivertorivertrail.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Clint-Stevens.pdf
2019 12-22
As President of the River to River Trail Society I received notification from the Forest Service that they rescinded the June 2019 trail closure on December 3, 2019. Upon receiving the notification that the closure was lifted, I inquired if the ForestRead More
2019 11-25
The River-to-River Trail Society announces its final guided hike of the Fall, 2019 hiking season, in Burden Falls Wilderness on Saturday, November 30. This hike is free and open to the public This will be a hike of moderate difficulty, exceeding threeRead More
2019 11-19
Saturday, November 16, 2019 Shawn Gossman lead his first successful River to River Trail Society hike at Heron Pond-Cache River State Natural Area (his other hike attempt was canceled due to rain last fall). The original idea was to hike from WildcatRead More
2019 11-11
Sat. Nov. 9th , Mart Watson led 27 other hikers from Sand Cave, over to Hunting Branch. We did ‘start’ at Hunting Branch, then condensed & caravaned over to the “Cave” area. At the cave, Mart shared a few notes about theRead More
2019 11-10
The River-to-River Trail Society announces its seventh guided hike of the Fall, 2019 hiking season, in the Cache River Natural Area in Johnson County, on Saturday, November 16. The hike is free and open to the public. This will be a hikeRead More