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