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