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