Saturday, October 5, 2024 Hike Announcement

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

Saturday May 4, 2024 Hike Summary

For our last hike of the Spring 2024 season, we had something new…a new hike leader, Cody Evans,  from Carterville.  We met at the Goreville City park, and  had a few new hikers, a father & son pair, and a dad with hisRead More

Saturday April 27, 2024 Hike Summary

On Saturday April 27th, 8 hikers met with Fred Scott at the Bell Smith Spring parking area. It was damp and cloudy, with a chance of some drizzles, which might have kept the numbers down for the hike. We had 1 newRead More

Saturday, May 4, 2024 Hike Announcement

The River to River Trail Society announces its 10th public hike of the 2024 spring hiking season on May 4th. Hiking: To Bork’s Falls (Johnson County). This hike is free and open to the public. This will be a moderate hike, 4Read More

Saturday April 20, 2024 Hike Summary

16 Hikers met leader Bil Gilmour at the east end of Illinois Rt. 147. It was sunny and a bit windy. We then vehicle-pooled North on Cedar Grove church rd, a few miles and turned West on a lane into the forestRead More

Saturday, April 27, 2024 Hike Announcement

The River to River Trail Society announces its 9th public hike of the 2024 spring hiking season on Apr. 27th. Hiking: Bell Smith Springs (Pope County). This hike is free and open to the public. This will be a moderate thru hike,Read More

Saturday April 13, 2024 Hike Summary

On a warm, sunny Saturday morning, 21 hikers gathered at the swimming pool parking lot of Dixon Springs State park. Shawn Gossman was our leader for the hike. We crossed the small wooden bridge and then under the highway bridge and followed theRead More

Saturday, April 20, 2024 Hike Announcement

The River to River Trail Society announces its 8th public hike of the 2024 spring hiking season on Apr. 20th. Hiking: Trail 32 (Johnson County). This hike is free and open to the public. This will be a hike, 6 miles inRead More

Saturday April 6, 2024 Hike Summary

On Saturday, April 6th, 16 hikers gathered at the East Trigg Trailhead, to be led by Sam Morales. We had several new hikers, including 3 from South Bend, Indiana.  There was also a large group, mainly from the Chicago area, that wentRead More