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