Maple Park
Continued investment in our parks and facilities is critical to the District’s mission. The Park Board’s policy states that each park site plan will be revisited and updated within a 10-year period. The Park District is in the process of revisiting each park site plan per this policy in order to identify additional park amenities desired by our residents, to budget strategically for these improvements and to be prepared for grant opportunities.
If you have questions or would like to provide feedback on park plans currently in progress, please contact Bill Hamilton, Superintendent of Parks & Planning. (opens email app)
Current Plan
Past Plans
Acquired in 1921, the linear park was formerly railroad property. It was originally called Park #6 or Perennial Gardens for the formal plantings installed there but was later renamed for the adjacent Maple Street.
A comfort station was built in the center of the park around 1960. Renovations in the early 1980s added new landscaping and curving walkways. The playground equipment was replaced in 1998. The tennis courts were resurfaced in 2002. Ballfield backstops were renovated and safety cages were added in 2005, when the infields were realigned.
A site master plan was completed in November 2007 for Maple Park. Initial master plan improvements, starting in the summer 2010, and finishing in spring 2011, included: removal of the three tennis courts and one old basketball court in the center of the park. Two new lighted tennis courts were located on the south end of the park. The vacated land in the center was landscaped as an open meadow, and a new continuous walkway was created along the east side of the park to fully connect the north and south ends. An off leash dog area was installed. The District completed improvements including: a new playground, climbing boulders, new picnic shelter, additional walkways to provide a continuous walking path, as well as improvements to the two ball field to include new backstops, fencing, diamond and multi-purpose field grading, player and spectator areas with new player benches, signage, resurfaced tennis courts including pickle ball stripes, and bike racks in 2016. Improvements to the comfort station originally slated for 2014, occurred in 2016. In 2017, the park was renovated to include a picnic pavilion, updated ballfields with amenities, walking loop, and new playground with rubberized surface. In 2026 the tennis courts will be resurfaced.
