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.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Success
- 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:
- 39.135077, -81.832357
- 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
- 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 Meigs County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Meigs County
- Since Success is near Athens County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Athens County
- eBird sighting report for Jackson 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Success ...
We found eleven communities that share the name Success.
Within Ohio, the name Success is unique.
Beyond Ohio, 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 ...
- Arkansas
- Kansas
- Mississippi
- Harrison County
- This Success is located in Harrison County and lies 716 miles [1,152.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Success that is located in Meigs 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
- Nebraska
- New Hampshire
- Oklahoma
- Saskatchewan
- This Success lies 1,493 miles [2,402.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Success that is located in Meigs County.
- South Dakota
- Virginia
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.
- Chester
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Eden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Hockingport
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hockingport have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hockingport
- Hockingport is located in Athens County
- Joppa
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Keno
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keno
- Keno is located in Meigs County
- Lee Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Lone Cedar
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lone Cedar have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Cedar
- Lone Cedar is located in Jackson County (WV)
- Long Bottom
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Bottom have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bottom
- Long Bottom is located in Meigs County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Long Bottom <5>
- Neptune
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Pond Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pond Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Creek
- Pond Creek is located in Wood County (WV)
- Randolph Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Randolph Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph Landing
- Randolph Landing is located in Meigs County
- Reedsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reedsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedsville
- Reedsville is located in Meigs County
- Rushville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Shade River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shade River have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shade River
- Shade River is located in Meigs County
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:
- Pomeroy, which is the Seat of Meigs County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Success to Pomeroy, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 84 miles [135.2 km] to the northwest (NW). 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 257 miles [413.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,086 miles [9,794.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,804 miles [10,950 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,679 miles [7,530.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
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 Ohio: https://ohio.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions 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: 39.1351, Longitude: -81.8324 In this case, the coordinates for Success have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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> | 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 310.766 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.749 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.696 degrees. |