Where neighbors become regulars
FourthSpace shows you the cafés, trails, markets and libraries open near you right now, and who's meeting there.
Somewhere between home and work
Everyone needs somewhere to go between home and work. A table you can keep for an hour. A trail loop with familiar faces at 7 am. FourthSpace helps you find yours.
Where do you go when you want company?
What's open now
- Café · open till 9 pm
- Trail · open till dusk
- Library · open till 8 pm
- Farmers market · Saturdays till 1 pm
- Park · open till 10 pm
- Game café · open till midnight
- Community garden · open till 7 pm
60.0 (2003) to 26.5 (2025)
Average minutes per day spent with friends
FourthSpace analysis of BLS American Time Use Survey (TRTFRIEND), 2003-2025 (opens in a new tab)
155.1 (2003) to 53.6 (2025)
Average minutes per day with friends ages 15-24
FourthSpace analysis of BLS American Time Use Survey (TRTFRIEND), 2003-2025 (opens in a new tab)
How it works
Find a spot that's open right now.
See what's happening there, or start a meetup.
Show up.
Recommend a place you love.
Locals and venues
Locals recommend the places they love. Owners post their own. We review every spot before it goes live.
The case for third places
Seven studies on where people spend time together, built from public data.
- 01The friendship recession: 23 years of time usePublished
- 02Phones, social media and teen mental health: a specification curvePublished
- 03What connection is worth: loneliness, health and SacramentoPublished
- 04Third place supply: what we have, what we lost, where we spend our timePublished
- 05Civic life and loneliness: counties and Sacramento ZIPsPublished
- 06Sacramento opportunity map: loneliness, places to gather, and who to call firstPublished
- 07The second place went quiet: remote work and daily companyPublished
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