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