Trail Information

River to River Trail Information

This page is dedicated to providing the best information on the River to River Trail that is available to the River to River Trail Society.

 

2018

River to River Trail Society’s

Trail Guide

  • This guide has been completely updated with all of the new maps and a lot more information on the trail.
  • This new guide has the trail broken into 17 complete chapters with information about the trail, highlights near it and some history about the trail.

Maps of the River to River Trail

  • The maps provided on this link were updated to version 4 in December 2022 because of continued cooperation with the Shawnee National Forest Team. Version 1 of the maps were issued in 2018 after a year and a half of cooperative effort between members of the Society and the Shawnee National Forest team back in 2017.
  • The maps for the historic Battery Rock leg were updated in December 2019.
  • All the maps are provided on 8.5 x 11 inch letter size pages so they can be used in the River to River Trail Guide book.  An advantage of this is that the maps could also be printed front and back on heavy duty paper at your local office supply store.  If desired they could then be plastic coated.
  • All PDF versions of the Maps are completely Geo Referenced and work well with any phone application that can read them.  One such app is Avenza (https://www.avenzamaps.com/).

To use the River to River Trail Maps on your phone using the Avenza App, just download and install it.

This page shows various training videos on using the Avenza APP

Once installed go to the map store and search for the “River to River Trail Bundle” and all 28 maps will be downloaded to your app and available for use.  Click the link below for more information or scan the QR code shown below:

River to River Trail Bundle

To get the maps for the Historic Battery Rock leg, go to the map store and search for the “River to River Trail Battery Rock Leg Bundle” and all 5 maps will be downloaded to your app. Click the link below for more information or scan the QR code shown below:

River to River Trail Battery Rock Leg Bundle

Individual maps can also be downloaded by searching for “River to River Trail Map ??” where “??” is “01” through “28”.

River to River Trail Mileages

  • The mileages included on the linked table were generated starting at the official trail head at Elizabethtown, IL.
  • It lists the mileage at all trail heads and notable points of interest along the trail.
  • The page also identifies whether the mileage of that section is along roads or as trails in the woods.
  • In the fall of 2023, the Society installed picnic tables along the trail, Click here for locations

River to River Trail Blazing Policies and Procedures

Honor Role

  • The honor role page allows users to submit their name to be added to the list.
  • The Fastest Know Time (FKT) for hiking the trail trail is tracked by this external website.

Hiking / Recognition / Gift / Remembrance Suggestions

River to River Trail Stewards Program

  • The trail Stewarts program allows interested trail users to adopt portions of the R2R trail and assist the Society and Forest Service with maintenance of the trail.
  • Reports of Trail Stewards activities can be found on this page which opens in a new tab on your browser:

River to River Trail Stewards Reports(opens in a new tab)

Trail Stories

  • This page is dedicated to those that have hiked or ridden the trail and want to share the story of their venture on this site.

Historical Trail Guides

  • This page provides information on the previous editions of the River to River Trail Guide including links to download a PDF version of each guide.

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