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