--- title: Google Naps Best Places to Nap Near You on Google Maps description: So sleepy canonical: https://time.com/43661/pass-the-pillow-google-naps-is-google-maps-for-places-to-nap/ author: Jessica Roy article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-03-31T14:46:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:08:21.042Z og:title: Google Naps Shows You the Best Secret Nap Spots in Your City og:description: So sleepy og:url: https://time.com/43661/pass-the-pillow-google-naps-is-google-maps-for-places-to-nap/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2de959313dbc0871/6986882655a8594680a80037/106905883.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 106905883 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Google Naps Shows You the Best Secret Nap Spots in Your City twitter:description: So sleepy twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2de959313dbc0871/6986882655a8594680a80037/106905883.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Pass the Pillow: 'Google Naps' Is Google Maps for Places to Nap by [Jessica Roy](https://time.com/author/jessica-roy/) ## Jessica Roy Mar 31, 2014 2:46 PM UTC  This could be you This could be youGetty Images by [Jessica Roy](https://time.com/author/jessica-roy/) ## Jessica Roy Mar 31, 2014 2:46 PM UTC Have you ever found yourself stranded in a city struck with the overwhelming desire to take a nap, but with nowhere to curl up and sneak in some shut eye? [Enter Google Naps](http://www.theatlanticcities.com/technology/2014/03/sleep-anywhere-anytime-google-naps/8754/), a crowdsourced map project that will tell you the best places in your city to take a nap. The [tool](http://www.googlenaps.info/) is built on top of Google Maps and once you give it your location info it shows you the top napping spots in your area, as submitted by other locals. In New York, for example, there are markers on benches near delicious smelling bakeries and spots with breezy ocean views. For now, though, there aren’t that many spots on the map. The _Atlantic_[ points out](http://www.theatlanticcities.com/technology/2014/03/sleep-anywhere-anytime-google-naps/8754/) that Google Naps is a tongue-in-cheek project from two guys in the Netherlands who “want to bring a smile on the faces of Google fans,” but just think how good this map could be if tons of people actually submitted their best nap secrets. In fact, I’m starting to feel kind of sleepy right now… ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/43661/pass-the-pillow-google-naps-is-google-maps-for-places-to-nap/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/43661/pass-the-pillow-google-naps-is-google-maps-for-places-to-nap/"},"headline":"Pass the Pillow: 'Google Naps' Is Google Maps for Places to Nap","datePublished":"2014-03-31T14:46:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:08:21.042Z","description":"So sleepy","url":"https://time.com/43661/pass-the-pillow-google-naps-is-google-maps-for-places-to-nap/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Technology"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2de959313dbc0871/6986882655a8594680a80037/106905883.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jessica Roy","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/jessica-roy/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2de959313dbc0871/6986882655a8594680a80037/106905883.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"106905883","caption":"106905883","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/43661/pass-the-pillow-google-naps-is-google-maps-for-places-to-nap/","name":"Pass the Pillow: 'Google Naps' Is Google Maps for Places to Nap"}}]}] ```