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