Maple Shade Town Guide

Visiting Maple Shade

Hotels, parks, Main Street, local history and practical visitor information for Maple Shade Township.

Stay in Town

Maple Shade lodging

Extended-Stay HotelHomeTowne Studios Philadelphia – Mt Laurel / Maple Shade2868 Route 73, Maple Shade, NJ 08052856-787-1161Studio-style lodging with kitchenettes.
MotelMotel 6 Maple Shade Township – Philadelphia / Mt Laurel2798 Route 73, Maple Shade, NJ 08052856-235-3550Budget lodging along the Route 73 corridor.

Rates, room inventory and amenities change; contact lodging properties directly for current details.

Things to Do

A compact town with several visitor stops

Main Street & Gazebo Park

Walk the downtown corridor for independent restaurants, small businesses and community events around Main Street and South Forklanding Road.

Historic Maple Shade Train Station

A surviving landmark from the railroad era that helped transform the community from an agricultural area into a commuter and commercial town.

Howard “Tex” Gwynne Sports Complex

One of the township's principal recreation areas with fields, courts and playground facilities.

Steinhauer Park

Neighborhood park near the Main Street corridor.

Laurel Lanes

2825 Route 73 South. Bowling and family entertainment, with Splitz Bar & Grill on site.

Sky Zone Trampoline Park

2834 Route 73 North. Indoor active-entertainment venue.

Food & Drink

Easy to eat locally

Maple Shade has a notably deep restaurant selection for a small township, including pizza, Italian, Indian, Japanese, Chinese, cafés, brewery fare nearby, bakery and dessert stops, and several national chains.

See the complete Food & Drink directory

Includes searchable category listings and current GF / DF / Vegan filters.

Food & Drink
Getting Around

Regional access

Route 38 runs east-west through Maple Shade, while Route 73 provides a major north-south connection. Philadelphia, Cherry Hill, Moorestown and Mount Laurel are all nearby. Public transit availability and schedules change, so use NJ Transit trip-planning resources for current bus information.

NJ Transit trip planning

Nearby is not the same as in-town: Hotel and attraction search engines frequently group Mount Laurel, Moorestown, Cherry Hill and Maple Shade together. The lodging listings above are physically in Maple Shade; other nearby properties are not presented as local.