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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:
- 37.444543, -92.087745
- 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.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Success
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Texas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Texas County
- Since Success is near Wright County and also Laclede County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wright County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Laclede County
- 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Success
Communities Also Named Success ...
We found eleven communities that are also named Success.
Within Missouri, the name Success is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of eleven communities that are located 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 ...
- Arkansas
- Clay County
- This Success is located in Clay County and lies 101 miles [162.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Success that is located in Texas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Success.
- Kansas
- Russell County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> 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 502 miles [807.9 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Success that is located in Texas 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].
- 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.<2> 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 567 miles [912.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Success that is located in Texas 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 172 miles [276.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Success that is located in Texas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Craig County community of Success.
- Saskatchewan
- This Success lies 1,194 miles [1,921.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Success that is located in Texas 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 762 miles [1,226.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Success that is located in Texas 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.
- Dent
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dent is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dent
- Evening Shade
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Evening Shade is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evening Shade
- Ladd
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Ladd is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladd
- Mitchells Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mitchells Corner is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchells Corner
- Old Success
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Old Success is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Success
- Plato
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Plum Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Plum Valley is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Valley
- Raftville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Raftville is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raftville
- Slabtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Slabtown is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
- Windy Curve
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Windy Curve is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Curve
How Far From Success to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community 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:
- Houston, which is the Seat of Texas County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Success to Houston, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 78 miles [125.5 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 822 miles [1,322.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 47 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,567 miles [10,568.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,302 miles [11,751.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,183 miles [8,341.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Success) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Success. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4445, Longitude: -92.0877 |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.257 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.961 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.787 degrees. |
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