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