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