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
- Cottonwood Creek Road
- Butte Creek Road
- Muleshoe Recreation Area
- Julia Henderson Pioneer Park
- Fossil (Town)
- Spray (Town)
- Hancock Field Station
- Rowe Creek Road
- Rowe Creek Reservoir
- Shelton Wayside Park
- Umatilla National Forest
- Kimberly Area
- Bear Hollow County Park
- Clarno Road
- Shady Grove Rest Area
- Kahler Basin Road
- Clarno BLM Boat Ramp
- Fossil Sewage Ponds - Farm Pond
- Service Creek
- Burnt Ranch Campground
- Robinson Canyon - Pine Creek Conservation Area
- Priest Hole
- Butte Creek Summit
- Bear Hollow
- Fossil Sewage Ponds
- Girds Creek Road
- Twickenham Area
- Winlock Road
- Pine Creek Conservation Area
- John Day Fossil Beds National Monument - Clarno Unit
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