Saturday, October 8, 2022 Hike Announcement

The River-to-River Trail Society announces its second public guided hike of the Fall 2022 hiking season on Saturday Oct. 8th, in Garden of Gods (Gallatin County). This will be a hike to Gorilla Rock and is free and open to the public.Read More

Saturday, October 1, 2022 Hike Announcement

The River-to-River Trail Society announces its first public guided hike of the Fall 2022 hiking season, on Saturday Oct. 1st, in the Heron Pond Nature Preserve (Johnson County). This will be a wildlife hike and is free and open to the public.Read More

2022 Spring Hiking Season Summary

We, the Trail Society, had 10 scheduled hikes this Spring of 2022. We went to a place many had not been prior..Piney Creek Ravine in Jackson county with its’ Rock art, and had a short Sunday afternoon hike to the Rock House,Read More

April 30, 2022 – Giant City Hike Summary

Sat. April 30th, we met at the visitors’ center at Giant City State Park. Fred Scott led 18 other hikers, in and around various areas of the park. It was a bit overcast, but Temps were almost perfect  We carpooled from theRead More

Saturday, May 7, 2022 Hike Announcement

The River-to-River Trail Society announces its tenth and final guided hike of the spring, 2022 hiking season, on Saturday, May 7, in Lusk Creek Wilderness, in Pope County. The hike is free and open to the public.The hike will be a difficult hike ofRead More

April 23, 2022 – Bulge Hole Hike Summary

Hike of Sat. April 23,2022. This IS a bit late, sorry folks, I kept forgetting. We gathered at the Vienna, IL. U.S. Forest Service office and then moved out to Bulge Hole Ecological Area, which is, “by the crow”, almost straight NorthRead More

Saturday, April 30, 2022 Hike Announcement

The River-to-River Trail Society announces its ninth hike of the Spring, 2022 hiking season, on Saturday, April 30, 2022, over several trails at Giant City State Park, near Makanda, Illinois. The hike is free and open to the public. This will beRead More

April 16, 2022 – Sand Hill Hike Summary

Susan & Kerry Durfee led 22 other hikers into the North part of the Burden Falls Wilderness area today. It Was a perfect day to hike, with temps great for hiking and skies of blue. We again had several new hikers andRead More