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