The River to River Trail is a 160 mile (256 km)-long hiking trail that serves Shawnee National Forest in far southern Illinois. Its eastern end is on Battery Rock, overlooking the Ohio River, and its western end is at Grand Tower, Illinois, at the Mississippi River. It forms part of the Southern Section of the American Discovery Trail.[1] [2]
From east to west, the trail serves the following settlements and resources:
A significant spur trail, part of the River to River Trail system, serves Elizabethtown, Illinois.[2]