All 127 outdoor basketball courts in Baltimore.

Cloverdale sits on Druid Hill Avenue in West Baltimore, and it is the court every Baltimore player knows. The summer pro-am here has been the city's proving ground for generations, the place where the local legends and the guys who made the league both had to show up and win.

The courts were revitalized through a partnership between 2K Foundations, the city, and the Cloverdale Basketball Association, so the surface and rims are in far better shape than the court's age suggests. Google rates it 4.5.

Come on a summer evening when the league is running. The basketball is the best in the city and the sideline scene around it is the point as much as the game.

Druid Hill Park opened in 1860, which makes it one of the three oldest large public parks in the United States, alongside New York's Central Park and Philadelphia's Fairmount. 745 acres, 4,288 Google reviews, a 4.5 average.

The basketball courts sit inside a park that also holds the Maryland Zoo, a reservoir loop that draws runners all day, and the pool complex. Google lists the Druid Hill basketball courts as their own place.

The park and Cloverdale are close enough to pair in one afternoon, which is the best basketball itinerary in Baltimore.

Patterson Park is the most-reviewed park in Baltimore at 4,959 Google reviews and a 4.6 average, the green heart of the east side and the city's most-used public space. Google lists the Patterson Park basketball courts as their own address. The run reflects the surrounding neighbourhoods: Highlandtown, Canton, Butchers Hill, and a genuinely mixed crowd on summer evenings.

Carroll Park in southwest Baltimore posts 967 reviews at a 4.2 average, and Google lists the Carroll Park basketball courts separately at 4.5. The park wraps around the Mount Clare mansion, the oldest colonial-era structure in the city, and the courts serve the Pigtown and Washington Village neighbourhoods with a steady local run.

Latrobe Park anchors Locust Point at the tip of south Baltimore with 839 reviews at a 4.6 average, one of the highest-rated parks in the city. The courts sit in a tight peninsula neighbourhood beside Fort McHenry, and the games are neighbourhood-scale and friendly rather than competitive.

Riverside Park serves Federal Hill and Riverside with 607 reviews at a 4.5 average. The courts draw the young south Baltimore crowd after work, and the park's hilltop position gives it one of the better skyline outlooks in the city.

Chinquapin Run Park runs along its namesake stream in north Baltimore with 294 reviews at a 4.2 average. A quiet neighbourhood park serving the Northwood and Original Northwood areas, with courts that stay available when the bigger parks are full.

The Bocek Park basketball court on East Madison Street is a dedicated Google place rated 4.6, serving the Milton-Montford and Madison-Eastend neighbourhoods. A straightforward east-side community court, and one of the better-rated dedicated court listings in the city.