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