The River to River Trail

On Saturday October 12th, 14 hikers met at the New Simpson Hill school on a beautiful morning, full of sun and very favorable hiking temperatures. Bill Gilmour was the leader again today, and after group introductions, we loaded into vehicles and headed SouthRead More

The River to River Trail Society announces its 3rd public hike of the 2024 fall hiking season on Oct. 19th. Hiking: Tupelo Trail (Johnson County). This hike is free and open to the public. This will be a in and out hikeRead More

For the 1st hike of the Fall 2024 hiking season, we met at the East Trigg trailhead, on Sat. Oct. 5th, 2024. Our leader for the day was Bill Gilmour. It was sunny And quite warm. We had 21 hikers, including 4-5Read More

The River to River Trail Society announces its 2nd public hike of the 2024 fall hiking season on Oct. 12th. Hiking: Max Creek (Johnson County). This hike is free and open to the public. This will be a loop hike approximately 5.5Read More

The River to River Trail Society announces its 1st public hike of the 2024 fall hiking season on Oct. 5th. Hiking: Jackson Hollow viewing bluffs (Johnson County). This hike is free and open to the public. This will be a loop hikeRead 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

The River-to River Trail Society announces its schedule of free guided hikes in and about the Shawnee National Forest for Fall, 2024. All hikes are open to the public free of charge. No reservations are required except where noted on schedule. TheseRead More

The Trail Society would like to formally thank Richard (Rich) Hall for all his efforts to capture and share trail conditions including locations of numerous trees down across the trail. Rich section hiked from Giant City to Panther Den in June andRead More

The Trail Society would like to formally thank Beth for her donation to the Trail Society. In addition, we would like to call out and thank Trail Society Board Members Steve Melville and Melanie Kasson for their fantastic efforts to support trailRead More

Hi All: On Monday July 1, 2024, two Trail Society volunteers hiked the new rerouted section of the River to River Trail west of the Lirley Trailhead and installed the new R2R Trail markers. They also hiked out on the previous trailRead More