Saturday, April 20, 2019 Hike Announcement

The River-to-River Trail Society announces its sixth guided hike of the Spring, 2019 hiking season, on Saturday, April 20, at Trail of Tears State Forest in Union County. The hike is free and open to the public. Meet at 10:30 at the Trail of Tears SF Visitor’s center, 3240 State Forest Road, Jonesboro, Illinois. This will be a hike of very moderate difficulty, about four miles in length, with some uphill. For those who wish, a possibility exists for more optional hiking after the end of the scheduled hike. Boots or sturdy shoes and hiking sticks are recommended. Hikers should bring their own water and a snack. No dogs, please. For information or directions, call (618) 499-2337. 

Map to the Visitor’s Center

Link to Trail of Tears State Forest trail map

https://www.dnr.illinois.gov/Parks/Documents/TrailofTearsMap.pdf

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River-to-hRiver Trail Society

April 13, 2019 Hike Summary written by Chris Drone

We had a Grrreat day on the Max Creek hike with Brian DeNeal & 31 other hikers. I think we had Yet Another 5-6 new hikers…they just keep coming. The rain of Thursday raised the water level of the creek, and alternative routes were devised but, we still were able to make 3-4 crossings..which added to the ‘excitement”..A few peeps spent time ‘in’ the creek, rather than just crossing it. Several horses & their riders were out today also. Lots of flowers are making their ‘spring show…May apples, Jack-in-the-pulpit..and others. Brian DeNeal gave a nice talk on the Legends of Max creek,but, since it was daylight…we weren’t able to witness any of the supernatural phenomena…Air Temps were just right..water temps..well, who knows??