PokeStops!

Started by Juno July 6th, 2016 10:53 PM
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Juno

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Age 28
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What kind of places/landmarks are PokeStops in your area? Supposedly they are historical markers, monuments, art, etc. but over here, there seems to be a lot of pretty mundane things that count as PokeStops (and I'm not complaining! Free items every time I walk my dog, lol), like every electrical box around my house, some benches, the local bakery, post office and so on, so I'm curious as to what other kind of things and locations are considered Stops in other places. :)
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California
Seen July 29th, 2017
Posted July 4th, 2017
310 posts
10.5 Years
Most of the ones around me are pieces of public art. My town is crazy for sculpture, so there's a lot around! Besides those, the community pool and playground in my apartment complex are PokeStops. I'm within range of the pool from my apartment, so I don't have to go anywhere to collect Pokeballs and eggs, hooray! :)

Also, the closest Gym is a bar around the corner. Lmao.

Lunar

Age 24
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England
Seen September 16th, 2020
Posted September 15th, 2020
PokeStops in my town are kinda cool I guess, the Library and an old Lace Factory are a couple whilst there's a skateboard ramp really close to my house that's been turned into one making it easy to get items whenever a walk my dog :)

Rukario

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Somewhere in Ilex Forest
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Posted March 17th, 2019
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20.7 Years
<p>Lots of churches and similar places seem to be showing up for me..&nbsp; what is it trying to tell me?</p>

Hiidoran

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Age 32
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Indiana
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Posted February 4th, 2022
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Every. Single. Church.

There aren't many Pokstops close by to my apartment. There's only two I can see on my map while I'm at home, and neither are reachable without walking a ways... and neither are places I really want to go (see my earlier comment). There is an older, dilapidated skate park down the road that serves as one though. Kinda neat.
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Seen July 9th, 2016
Posted July 9th, 2016
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Those red balls in front of a target near my house count as a Pokestop. xD

There's a looooot of gyms near my apartment (counting 10+ just driving to a local bojangles), but the Pokestops are usually really mundane, like this mailbox shaped like a dog.

To be fair, it is a very cute dog.

Dedenne1

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Posted March 4th, 2018
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Watertowers, Bridges, Churches and Memorials have been all of them so far.

There was a couple weird ones like memorials that arent there any more and all but they picked good spots so far ^-^
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Esper

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Seen June 30th, 2018
Posted June 30th, 2018
Public art, old buildings, anything with a plaque that says it's old, really. There's one a block away on an old school.

The best one is an old brick building which used to be a hatchery. It gave me my first egg, which turned out to be a Pikachu.
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Posted July 11th, 2016
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All Pokestops and Gyms are pulled from Niantics other AR, Ingress. they are all portals in Ingress.

All portals in Ingress are submitted by the players and approved before going live. They were always supposed to be places that were manmade and artistic or places where knowledge can be found (so libraries, post offices, churches etc). It was also extended to places of charity, plus a few sponsored locations to make money.

Not all portals have been pulled into Pokemon Go, but it's where all the Pokestops and Gyms come from. If you don't have any near you in your area, it's because there weren't any Ingress players in that area.

The ability to add new portals in Ingress was taken away a while ago as the backlog for approvals was too great. It will be interesting to see if they start allowing submissions in Pokemon Go. I can imagine it won't be for a long time though.

Steven

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Age 30
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Ohio
Seen January 4th, 2023
Posted September 11th, 2021
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12.3 Years
There's a PokeStop and a gym about half mile from my house..on an airport runway. Still unclaimed because you can't get to it without hopping the fence to the airport.

There's another PokeStop and a gym on an old running trail. Completely overgrown and at least once every 2-3 months they find a body there.

Lastly our local gay bathhouse/porn theater is a PokeStop (but it has a picture of a park and says it's a park..it never was a park.)
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