The River to River Trail

33 people gathered on Sat. June 2nd, 2018 at the Harrisburg, IL. city park for the River to River Trail Societys’ Annual Meeting/National Trails Day picnic. A short business meeting was conducted, with Election of Officers for 2018-19 1st on the agenda,Read More

All:   Details on the subject event have been uploaded to the Society web site.  Details can be found in the  PDF file linked on the Society Information page.  The link is near the bottom.   http://www.rivertorivertrail.net/home/society-information/

For all that may be interested in using the new 2017 River to River Trail maps on your smart phone, you can now download all 28 maps from the Avenza Map Store for free.  Just open up the Avenza App on yourRead 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 May 12, 2018 between 9:00 am andRead More

Warning: Long Post. I just want to say a Huuuuge “Thank YOU”, to All the hike leaders this spring..Vicki Mosberger Ferguson & Gillum Ferguson, Bob Mulcahy, Steve Ryder, Steven Mitchell, Marcus Owens, David Cooper, Jim Todd, Bill Gilmour, Eric Johnson, Steve Gariepy,Read More

Well, we finished up the Spring 2018 hiking season in Fine Style. Marcus Owens & Steven Mitchell led 15 other hikers, divided into 2 groups, over trails in the Lusk Creek Wilderness. The original route had to be ‘scrapped’ and revised dueRead More

The River-to-River Trail Society announces its ninth and final guided hike of the Spring, 2018 hiking season, on Saturday, May 5, in the Lusk Creek Wilderness in Pope County, Illinois. In order to comply with the rules of the U.S. Forest Service,Read More

I Wonder….Who Wasn’t ‘Out” today?? We had 26 hikers today, including a few new ones.that Bob Mulcahy led. We met at the Millstone Bluff parking lot, then loaded up into trucks, and moved over to just below Millstone lake…whereupon we walked acrossRead More

The River-to-River Trail Society announces its eighth guided hike of the Spring, 2018 hiking season, on Saturday, April 28, on Trail 49, between Millstone Lake and Jackson Falls in Pope County, Illinois. The hike is free and open to the public. MeetRead More

WOW!! YOU did it Again!!! (I Know..it isn’t b/c of me…😉….) But we had 29 hikers today. Big crowd for a West side hike. The Hardees’ parking lot was Packed until we left..Thank You to Don Monty & Anne Gaylord for leadingRead More