Mitchell Recreation Area | |
 Mitchell Monument | |
| Location | Fremont-Winema National Forests |
|---|---|
| Nearest city | Bly, Oregon, USA |
| Coordinates | 42°25′54″N 120°51′39″W / 42.4316°N 120.8607°W |
| Built | 1950 |
| NRHP reference No. | 03000050 |
| Added to NRHP | 2003 |
Mitchell Recreation Area is a small picnic area located in the Fremont-Winema National Forests, Lake County, Oregon, near the unincorporated community of Bly. In it stands the Mitchell Monument, erected in 1950, which marks the only location in the United States where Americans were killed during World War II as a direct result of a Japanese balloon bomb. The site is maintained by the United States Forest Service and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.