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