The River to River Trail

The River-to-River Trail Society announces its second guided hike of the Fall, 2018 hiking season, on Saturday, October 13 at Dutchman Lake. The hike is free and open to the public. This will be a hike of moderate difficulty, between five andRead More

We had 21 total hikers on today’s’ warm initial hike, of the Fall 2018 hiking season. Very Well led by Mart Watson. We even had 3 new hikers. Welcome to them. All others were ‘returning pros’….Down to the “Tin Whistle” then backRead More

The River-to-River Trail Society announces its first guided hike of the Fall, 2018 hiking season, on Saturday, October 6. The hike will be on trail 001T in Cove Hollow, sometimes called “the Promised Land” by rock climbers, because of the towering bluffsRead More

River-to-River Trail Society Announces Fall, 2018 Hiking Schedule Press contact: Gillum Ferguson, Secretary, (630) 470-7692 The River-to-River Trail Society announces its schedule of free guided hikes in and about the Shawnee National Forest for Fall, 2018. All hikes are open to theRead More

The STC will be packing gravel for the Forest Service this Saturday at 9 am. We will park at the Indian kitchen trail head off the Eddyville black top. We are working on the new 405 trail. Megan will be there notRead More

For all those that are interested, 2 activities will be ongoing on that day which just happens to be National Public Lands Day.   The first will be the installation of the final River to River Trail sign in front of BackRead More

For all those interested in the R2R trail maps, the new official map 5 in the Garden of the Gods area has been uploaded to the Trail Societies website and is now available for download.  The geo-referenced PDF file has also beenRead More

For anybody looking for opportunities to volunteer with in the Shawnee National Forest, The Shawnee Trail Conservancy, The Forest Service and the Society are doing some rock hauling for the River to River Trail in Garden of the Gods Wilderness.  The detailsRead More

For those that may be interested, the Shawnee Trail Conservancy (STC) will be packing gravel to work on areas on the R2R in the Garden of the Gods wilderness.  This will be happening on Saturday June 23, 2018 starting 9:00 am IRead More

Hi All:   Just wanted to let all that are interested in the River to River Trail, I recently received from the Forest Service the updated maps for the historic Battery Rock Leg trail.  These 5 maps take off from map 3,Read More