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1.START-END WEST:low point where CR332 crosses Huntington Creek, east of Laurence 2.jct Victor Rd - Cedar Mtn Rd 3.Cedar Mtn Picnic area 4.TOP, 7670ft 5.start of rocky ATV trail 6.START-END EAST:jct unmarked road from Chimney Rock area - road to Historical Ghost railroad complex, immediately before jct with Green River Cutoff

Approaches

From West. Anywhere you start this gentle climb, it is still in Castle Valley. But this part does not look like the scenery the San Rafael Swell is famous for. Here it is just a sweeping grassy surface. Like the nearby climb to "the Wedge" Cedar Mountain is another wedge too from this side. Looking back there are a few tempting views of the Wasatch Plateau, crowned by snow. But looking ahead it is just an inclined plain with Cedar forest  becoming more and more prevalent, as one might suspect. The road does finally reach the rim. Compared with "the Wedge" this place is still undiscovered. Extended patches of forest separate the spots where the rim is accessible. There really is no Lookout on top, just a series of transmission towers, and a picnic area a short distance before the highest point. Assembly Hall Peak forms the center of the panorama below

From East. (described downwards). This road does not terminate at a locked gates of anything It keeps going, soon reaching another transmission dish, and a wide road which gives the impression of being a landing strip. For all I know it is a landing strip. The small dirt road extension past that just ends in the forest.

There is however another signed dirt road heading east, from about mid way on the landing strip. It heads for the rim with hardly a bend, and then transforms into a god awful rocky ATV trail that just goes over the rim. It is definitely not ridable. But the views of Chimney Rock below and the horizontal pages of the Book Cliffs behind Green River are mesmorizing, weather not riding or walking. And this way I can even enjoy the view, between getting rocks out of my shoes. The walking section is about 3 miles long. Past that a somewhat sandy network of unsigned roads all head in direction Green River Cutoff. Once that junction is reached it's clear sailing on hard pressed or medalled pavement all the way back home. In case of looking for this junction in the other direction, it is signed, Chimney - Ghost Railway Historical Complex.