Huckleberry Hill Nature Preserve Staircase
Veteran’s Memorial Park, 1120 Veterans Drive, Monterey, (831) 646-4866, monterey.org
It sits tucked next to the Defense Language Institute fence, at the end of a semi-hidden trail that starts at the top of Veteran’s Park. Past the zenith of the stairs the plunder includes 200-degree views of the Peninsula, sweet trails through the pines and luscious berries for which the park is named (when in season). But for those who live to punish their quads and calves, the real destination is the telescoping flight of stairs that number 183. That makes it much harder than one of those Jane Fonda workout tapes.