Saturday, October 15, 2022 Hike Announcement

The River-to-River Trail Society announces its third public hike of the Fall 2022 hiking season on Saturday Oct. 15th in the Promise Land area (Pope County). This hike is free and open to the public. This will be a hike of moderateRead More

October 1, 2022 – Heron Pond Hike Summary

What a Wonderful day to start the Fall hiking season. Today  on our 1st hike of the Fall 2022 hiking season, we met at the Heron Pond parking lot. Shawn Gossman led 16 other hikers, including several new hikers and 1 from Indiana,Read More

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