Saturday

The River-to-River Trail Society announces its fourth public hike of the Fall 2022 hiking season on Saturday Oct. 22nd from Sand Cave to Hunting Branch (Pope County). This hike is free and open to the public. This will be a hike of moderate difficulty, 5 miles in length, 4 hours hiking time; this hike has creek crossings. Hikers will need to be shuttled for this hike and it will be a through hike once shuttled. The leader of the hike will be Chris Drone who can be reached at (618) 926-3250 for more information. Hikers should meet at 10:00 am at the Hunting Branch (Mill Branch Trail Trailhead) parking area. This hike is intended for people in good health who have done some walking. Hiking sticks and boots or sturdy shoes are recommended. Hikers should bring their own water and snack. No dogs please. Here is a Google Map link showing the trailhead parking area GPS 37.523330, -88.661000.

Sunday

The River-to-River Trail Society announces its fifth public hike of the Fall 2022 hiking season on Sunday Oct. 23rd in the War Bluff area (Pope County). This hike is free and open to the public. This will be a hike of moderate difficulty approx. 2.5 hours of hiking time. The leaders of this hike will be Gillum and Vicki Ferguson who can be reached at (630) 470-7692 for more information. Hikers should meet at 2:00 pm at the Golconda Marina, north parking lot, Golconda, IL. This hike is intended for people in good health who have done some walking. Hiking sticks and boots or sturdy shoes are recommended. Hikers should bring their own water and snacks. No dogs please. Here is a Google Map link showing the trailhead parking area GPS 37.372469, -88.480789.