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