The River to River Trail

The River to River Trail Society announces its 3rd public hike of the 2025 Fall hiking season on Oct. 25th.  Hiking: Ferne Clyffe (Johnson County). This hike is free and open to the public. This will be a moderately difficult loop hikeRead More

On a sunny Saturday October 11th, we opened up the Fall 2025 hiking season. Sam Morales was our leader today, and he led 16 other hikers, including 2 new hikers, a husband/wife pair from Collinsville, Illinois. We met at Zion church, andRead More

A new trail story has been added to our website from Richard Hall. Richard interestingly enough weighed his entire pack and shared that content in this trail story to the gram. This may be useful to other trail users. Enjoy reading andRead More

The River to River Trail Society announces its 2nd public hike of the 2025 Fall hiking season on Oct. 18th.  Hiking: Wild Turkey Trail (Williamson County). This hike is free and open to the public. This will be a moderate in andRead More

On Monday, November 3rd, Dr. Jim Schroeder will be giving a presentation/discussion starting at 5:30 PM at the Shawneetown Library.  He will be selling his books and doing a signing after the book talk.  The talk will focus on his newest bookRead More

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