Mapleview Road is the main road that travels through town. It runs north and south, beginning from the southerly border, but eventually curves east just beyond the Hidden Lake Forest Preserve where it travels past Hotlicks Sports Bar and Grill and crosses Creek Highway. From there it changes its name to Route 4 where the road stretches towards Sillmac.
Homes located north of downtown Mapleview are often historical (such as the Trivelli house). Although there are two newer subdivisions in the mostly historic area of Mapleview, the older homes of this section do not belong to any particular subdivision. These are embedded along the heavily wooded region as if they were part of the forest preserves.
Maple Sap was one of the first official subdivisions of the area which is located in downtow
