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