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