The community of Maywood has eleven area parks. They include:

• Maywood Park (5th Avenue & Oak Street)
• Conner / Heise Park (10th Avenue & Washington Boulevard)
• Winfield Scott Park (17th Avenue & Maywood Drive)
• Water Works Park (9th Avenue & Maywood Drive)
• Standard Park (5th & Lexington Avenues)
• Bataan Park (22nd & Lexington Avenues)
• Tot Lot Park (4th Avenue & Huron Street)
• Central Area Park (S. 9th & Madison Street)
• Bosco Park (21st & Railroad Avenue)
• Burton Park (16th Avenue & Washington Boulevard)
• Emanuel Chris Welch Park (1021 S. 10th Avenue)

Additional recreational facilities include:
Maywood Park District, 921 S. Ninth Avenue
Lightford Recreation Center, 809 Madison Street
Fred Hampton Family Aquatic Center, 300 Oak Street
Maywood Masonic Building, 200 S. Fifth Avenue