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