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