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