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