Little Blitzen River is a tributary of the Donner und Blitzen River in the U.S. state of Oregon. Little Blitzen River rises on the west flank of Steens Mountain about southeast of Frenchglen and about south of Burns in Harney County. Flowing west in a steep-walled canyon, it joins the South Fork Donner und Blitzen River at to form the Donner und Blitzen main stem, which continues north about another to its mouth at in Malheur Lake. The Donner und Blitzen River was named by soldiers of German origin and translates as thunder and lightning. Little Blitzen River brings to mind one of Santa Claus's reindeer.