Hoover Creek Road/Hoover Creek Reservoir
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Location
Take Hwy 19 north out of Fossil for about 1 mile and look for Hoover Creek as it crosses under the road. About a mile and a half farther, you will see Hoover Cr. Road. Take this road about 1.8 miles and you will see a large pond on your right after a farm house. This is Hoover Reservoir (45.029097, -120.185863) Hoover Creek Road/Hoover Creek Reservoir This body of water is on private land so please bird from the road.
DirectionsHabitat and Birds
The riparian area along the creek is good for migrants or the occasional Spotted Towhee. Listen for Pinyon Jays along Hoover Creek Road. Hoover Creek Reservoir can have just about any kind of waterfowl on it.
Nearby Birding Locations
- Kimberly Area
- Bear Hollow County Park
- Butte Creek Road
- Muleshoe Recreation Area
- Clarno Road
- Burnt Ranch Campground
- John Day Fossil Beds National Monument - Clarno Unit
- Cottonwood Creek Road
- Fossil (Town)
- Shady Grove Rest Area
- Umatilla National Forest
- Clarno BLM Boat Ramp
- Rowe Creek Reservoir
- Twickenham Area
- Kahler Basin Road
- Hancock Field Station
- Girds Creek Road
- Robinson Canyon - Pine Creek Conservation Area
- Butte Creek Summit
- Priest Hole
- Fossil Sewage Ponds - Farm Pond
- Bear Hollow
- Rowe Creek Road
- Winlock Road
- Service Creek
- Pine Creek Conservation Area
- Fossil Sewage Ponds
- Julia Henderson Pioneer Park
- Shelton Wayside Park
- Spray (Town)
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