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