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