Btty Cheney is an easy hike down from topside.  There's a  track which is on the south (ocean) side of the parade ground, and if you follow it through, you'll come to a fork. Take the left fork and you'll soon arrive at Btty. Wheeler. The right  fork will take you for a slightly longer walk through to Btty. Cheney, skirting the sheer 300 foot Wheeler Point cliffs along the way. It was along this road that he 503d

Cheney Ravine is best viewed from Btty. Smith, because the Cheney Ravine Loop  trail is overgrown just beyond the battery itself.

There were freshwater springs in Cheney and James Ravines, and the paratroopers eventually captured them for their much needed water supply.