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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Success, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Success and the surrounding area.

  • Astronomy & Satellites ...
    • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
    • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Success:
    • 36.454459, -90.723102
    • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Success
  • Waymarking ...
    • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Success ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Success.

Within Arkansas, the name Success is unique.

Beyond Arkansas, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, ten are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Russell County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Success [Russell County].
    • Mississippi
      • Harrison County
      • This Success is located in Harrison County and lies 414 miles [666.3 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Success that is located in Clay County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Success.
      • Jasper County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Success [Jasper County].
    • Missouri
      • Texas County
      • This Success is located in Texas County and lies 101 miles [162.5 km]<2> to the northwest of the Success that is located in Clay County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Texas County community of Success.
    • Nebraska
      • Seward County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Seward County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Seward County community of Success.
    • New Hampshire
      • Coos County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Success [Coos County].
    • Ohio
      • Meigs County
      • This Success is located in Meigs County and lies 518 miles [833.6 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Success that is located in Clay County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meigs County community of Success.
    • Oklahoma
      • Craig County
      • This Success is located in Craig County and lies 239 miles [384.6 km]<2> to the west of the Success that is located in Clay County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Craig County community of Success.
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Success lies 1,294 miles [2,082.5 km]<2> to the northwest of the Success that is located in Clay County.
    • South Dakota
      • Clark County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Success [Clark County].
    • Virginia
      • Warren County
      • This Success is located in Warren County and lies 708 miles [1,139.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Success that is located in Clay County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Success.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Success ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Biggers
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggers
    • Biggers is located in Randolph County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
  • Biggers Ferry
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Biggers Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggers Ferry
    • Biggers Ferry is located in Randolph County
  • Corning
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corning have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
    • Corning is located in Clay County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,019 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Corning <5>
  • Current View
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Current View have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Current View
    • Current View is located in Clay County
  • Glaze Creek
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glaze Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glaze Creek
    • Glaze Creek is located in Randolph County
  • Glenn
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glenn have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn
    • Glenn is located in Ripley County (MO)
  • Heelstring
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heelstring have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heelstring
    • Heelstring is located in Clay County
  • Martinsburg ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martinsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsburg
    • Martinsburg is located in Ripley County (MO)
  • Torch
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Torch have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torch
    • Torch is located in Ripley County (MO)
  • Twin Oaks
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
    • Twin Oaks is located in Clay County

How Far From Success to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a town such as Success to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Success and extending to:

  • Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 146 miles [235 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Success to Little Rock, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 765 miles [1,231.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 44 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,565 miles [10,565.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,295 miles [11,740.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,172 miles [8,323.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Success. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Success could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Success) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Success. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4545, Longitude: -90.7231       In this case, the coordinates for Success have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Success, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<7>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Success to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.305 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.728 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.36 degrees.









 

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