All 194 outdoor basketball courts in Chicago.

Calumet Park sits on the lakefront at 9801 South Avenue G, the far southeast corner of Chicago where the city meets Indiana. 1,724 Google reviews and a 4.4 average put it first among Chicago outdoor basketball courts. The Field House dates to 1924 and remains a Chicago Park District anchor.

The basketball courts share the park with the lake beach, baseball fields, and a swimming pool. The setting is unusual for an urban basketball court: open water on one side, industrial-residential Chicago on the other. The community is tight-knit and the runs are friendly.

Worth a visit if you're playing the south side. Pair with a swim at the beach afterward if it's summer.

Foster Beach is the spiritual home of summer basketball in Chicago. The courts sit a hundred feet from the water and catch the wind off the lake in a way that should be illegal.

The runs are competitive but unpretentious — neighborhood regulars, college guys, the occasional pro down from a Bulls workout.

Best after 5pm on a Wednesday. Bring water. Stay for the sunset.

Beverly is one of the city's most underrated basketball neighborhoods, and Hoyne is one of its proudest courts.

The runs are mixed-age, deeply local, and on a level with much-more-famous courts elsewhere.

Get there an hour before sunset. The lights will come on around the time you want a water break.

McKinley Park in the Bridgeport neighbourhood on the south-west side runs strong outdoor basketball courts inside a multi-sport park (1,689 reviews, 4.6 stars). Named for the 25th president, the park is a long-standing community anchor.

Marquette Park on the southwest side covers 323 acres, the largest park in the area. Named for Jacques Marquette, the 17th-century French explorer. The basketball courts run inside a multi-sport park (1,600 reviews, 4.2 stars).

The park's civil rights history is significant: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led a 1966 fair-housing march here that was met with violent opposition. The neighbourhood has changed dramatically since, and the basketball runs today reflect the current Chicago Park District-managed community programming.

Riis runs hot on weekends. The west-side regulars take basketball seriously, and the court reflects it — bench seating, clean paint, working rims.

Weekday mornings are quieter; you can usually find a half-court without waiting.

Park on Fullerton and walk in past the field house.

The court behind Juárez High has been recently resurfaced and the paint job is the best in the city.

Runs are mixed and welcoming. Pilsen plays with style — quick, creative, generous with the assist.

Tacos within five blocks in every direction when you're done.

Named for the Chicago educator and civil rights activist Dr. Conrad Worrill, this track and field facility on the south side includes outdoor basketball courts among its multi-sport offerings (807 reviews, 4.5 stars).

The court at Kelvyn is one of the prettiest in the city — surrounded by trees, with the field house's red-brick wall as backdrop.

Runs are friendly. The competition is honest. Bring water.

If you find it crowded, the second court is around the back of the field house and rarely full.

Senka Park in Brighton Park, southwest Chicago, runs solid outdoor basketball courts inside a community park (790 reviews, 4.3 stars).

Independence Park in the Avondale neighbourhood on the northwest side runs well-rated outdoor basketball courts (693 reviews, 4.6 stars).

Ogden Park in Englewood on the south side runs outdoor basketball courts inside a community park (636 reviews, 4.1 stars). Named for William B. Ogden, Chicago's first mayor.

Shabbona Park on the northwest side, named for the 19th-century Potawatomi chief Shabbona, runs well-maintained outdoor basketball courts (616 reviews, 4.5 stars).