Niantic , i can understand, you didnt nominate my pokestop location cuz it was not educative site enough,or may be due to some other reasons but trust me.As a begineer here, and with an experience of nearly 7 years in pokemon go ,I and some of my friends and some people playing pokemon go nearby have the same problem , that they arent able to get access to a gym or pokestop, as the nearby pokestop is too far away from our area(like 1 to 2 km’s). Its really problematic in rainy seasons ,as we werent able to go to do raids as there is continuous rain in our area ,as its a hilly region.Plz kindly consider our problem niantic. YOU ARE OUR LAST AND ONLY HOPE.
YOURS TRUELY.
Trainer from Dhenkan, Odisha,India.
Below is the thing that i submitted to you:
LalitNagar
This place is a hidden gem for those peoples living in Dhenkanal Odisha who seek nature beauty. This place becomes extremely beautiful during Winters , and monsoon seasons due to glory of mountains , a lake nearby,and good place to walk in the morning,evening and at night. And many people used to do evening walk here, so those trainers who are playing pokemon go and do have a mood to walk or visit nearby places can visit this place , its mood refreshing and people residing nearby can have an easy access.
Around this region,there are some trainers who arent able to go out frequently from there home and they seek many gym raids and pokestop. its essential for them to go out nearby places, at this place , they can have a morning or eve or night walk with a beautiful surroundimgs and good climate, and can have an easy access to pokestop nearby them.If you can build a gym , thats even more crazy thing , it can give us emmense support for those trainers too. I hope you will get my message and do something for us.
Submission Photo
I can give you some further photoes of this area of 14th July 2026:
Above is during day time.
Below are during night time after a huge rainfall in evening.
This doesn’t look like an area of natural beauty, it looks like a paved space in between buildings. It also looks like you mentioned trainers in your description, which is not allowed. This means I am not surprised your nomination was rejected.
If you’d like some help with ideas of better things to nominate, you can share your area (town, GPS coordinates, etc) and we can take a look
Welcome to the forums 
If you can, it is better to think about “what can I find that will make a good wayspot” instead of “I need more pokestops”.
It may seem like a simple change, but it’s worth doing. Good wayspots are things that explicitly/strongly encourage Exercise, Socialising and/or Exploration. Something where you can exercise, be social or explore is not sufficient, as that is almost everything everywhere.
I completely understand sir .Thing is there is a park nearby this location , people can go there and exercise. Its close to this location but people still come here for evenimg walk and even night walk , Some people come , have a walk , talk with eachother , and get some coffee or tea in nearby shopand even theres a grocerry shop nearby. I feel there is a need to be a pokestop installed here sir , don’t you ??
Alright Ma’am . Its Kunjakanta, Dhenkanal, Odisha, India
Is this the location?
20.649591, 85.609438 Google Maps
If not, the coordinates would help, especially for the park. Click on any area on google maps and you should be able to get the coordinates or at least an option to share the location.
From what I’m seeing there is a Temple here:
JJX5+MJH, Revenue Colony, Kunjakanta, Dhenkanal, Odisha 759001, India
Now, you would of course need to go out and take your own pictures. Never use pics from the internet. It’s considered abuse.
Radha Krishna Temple
Also there is a shopping mall here:
MJ24+GR2 Khemka Shopping Mall, near Petrol Pump, Kunjakanta, Dhenkanal, Odisha 759001, India
The one i have marked red here is the locations photo i have sent to you. The one with blue is the park nearby ,and there’s also a small park in the area i have marked yellow. I tried to find the coordinates of this place but i couldn’t.Sorry for that.
Yeh i also clicked photo of the nearest samsung custome services for just to show up the photo of that place in the existing pokestop.
That looks like 20.651188, 85.611809 Google Maps
The lack of streetview for parts of this area make it hard to find things remotely! There is a temple on the lake, but access is such a severe problem I wouldn’t submit it.
Think about Exercise, Social and Exploration. I don’t think you will find much that encourages Exercise, as that needs a trail or exercise equipment, sports grounds, swimming pools etc.
Social may be easier - almost any cafe or restaurant that has seating and decent review has got potential. They’re not the easiest thing to get accepted, but that shouldn’t stop you. Any temple or other social place would be valid as well.
For Exploration, any feature that people would stop and look at, show to other people, take pictures of and post on social media, would have potential.
Sir , can you suggest any place nearby my nominating spot , where you think a pokestop can get installed easily . I will definitely work upon it .
Looks like nothing at all has been submitted in this area and there are multiple temples - I would start there!
Take a look at the two places I suggested. They shouldn’t have a lot of trouble getting approved.
Got it , thanks for your response Ma’am. I am glad to be a part of your community and i will try my best to develop my locality. I just need your help for that . I would now click photographs of best places for nominations in my location and send it to you. Plz ,just help me to figure it out.
Alright sir , Iam on the way now
What you need to consider for Wayfarer is that you have to nominate the things that are eligible (meet Wayfarer criteria). Those things may not exist where you want them to. You seem to be focusing on submitting something where you want a PokeStop. But that’s not really how it works.
