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