The River to River Trail

What a HIke!! Bob Mulcahy led 18 of us, including 4-5 new hikers, over trails in & around many coves of Kinkaid lake. I had never been there. With the warm temps, & humidity, many were down to T-shirts by lunch time.Read More

The section of trail between the McCann Springs parking lot and the Big Muddy Levee near the Snake road parking lot at Winters pond is closed because that section of road is underwater due to flooding of the Big Muddy River. ItRead More

For anybody that may be interested, we received a new trail story from Joe and Danielle who section hiked the trail in 2018 and 2019 and just finished in February. Below is a direct link to their story. We hope every oneRead More

The River-to-River Trail Society announces its fourth guided hike of the Spring, 2019 hiking season, on Saturday, April 6, at Kinkaid Lake, in Jackson County. The hike is free and open to the public.  Hikers should meet at 10:30 a.m., at theRead More

Soo, I have a question. What do you call 18 people who decide to hike, when it already Has rained, and, the skies are threatening more rain?? Do you call them “dedicated”, “addicted”, or just what?? I call them “Friends” (hehe, notRead More

March 30, 2019 Hike Update – I have been in touch with hike leader Fred Scott this morning and the plan is still to hike today. The hike will not be the 6 mile loop planned but will feature a shorter routeRead More

The River-to-River Trail Society announces its third guided hike of the spring, 2019 hiking season, on Saturday, March 30. The hike is free and open to the public. This hike will be in the area between Sand Cave and Millstone Lake, andRead More

Yesterdays’ weather was Sooo nice on the hike led by Vicki Mosberger Ferguson & Gillum Ferguson, that some of the 24 hikers started gettin’ nake…shedding outer layers of clothing, 5 minutes into the hike.(NO, nothing to see folks, moving on…) We didRead More

For anybody that may be interested, we received a new trail story from Tim who hiked the trail in 2002 when the trail looked a lot different than it does today. Here is a direct link to Tim’s story on a differentRead More

Thursday, March 21, is the birthday of John O’Dell, educator, minister, outdoorsman, father of the River-to-River Trail, founder of this Society, and much else, a true Renaissance Man, whose contributions to Southern Illinois will long outlive him.  The River-to-River Trail was littleRead More