# Pathfinder

Pathfinder, Path Finder or Pathfinders may refer to:

## Aerospace

* Mars Pathfinder, a NASA Mars Lander
* NASA Pathfinder, a high-altitude, solar-powered uncrewed aircraft
* Space Shuttle Pathfinder, a Space Shuttle test simulator

## Arts and entertainment
### Fictional characters

* Pathfinder, a G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero character
* Path Finder (Transformers), an animated television series character
* Pathfinder, a character in the battle royale game Apex Legends
* The Pathfinder, a call sign for the alien character John Adams in the 2011 video game Conduit 2

### Film and television

* The Pathfinder (1952 film), based on the book by James Fenimore Cooper
* Pathfinder (1987 film), a Norwegian Oscar-nominated film
* The Pathfinder (1996 film), a TV movie based on the book by James Fenimore Cooper
* Pathfinder (2007 film), an action film based on the 1987 film
* Pathfinders (TV series), a 1972-1973 British television series
* "Pathfinder" (Star Trek: Voyager), a television series episode

### Games

* Pathfinder Roleplaying Game
** Pathfinder (periodicals), a series of supplements to the game
** Pathfinder: Kingmaker, a computer game based in this fictional universe
** Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, a computer game sequel to Kingmaker
* Pathfinder, a 1977 Milton Bradley Company board game
* "Pathfinder", a The Price Is Right pricing game

### Music

* Pathfinder (band), a Polish symphonic power metal band
* Pathfinder (album), a 1972 Beggars Opera album
* Path.Finder, a 2019 Notaker EP

### Novels

* The Pathfinder, or The Inland Sea, an 1840 novel by James Fenimore Cooper
* Pathfinders (novel), a 1944 novel by Cecil Lewis
* Pathfinder (novel), a 2010 novel by Orson Scott Card
* TodHunter Moon, Book One: PathFinder, a 2014 novel by Angie Sage

## Businesses

* Pathfinder Energy Services, a division of Smith International
* Pathfinder Press, a publisher of socialist literature

## Computing and information science

* Path Finder, a Macintosh file browser
* Pathfinder (library science), a subject bibliography often offered on library websites
* Pathfinder (website), owned by Time Inc.
* Pathfinder network, a psychometric scaling method
* Java Pathfinder, a software testing tool

## Military

* Pathfinder (military), a type of soldier
* Pathfinder (RAF), British target-marking squadrons during World War II
* Pathfinder (USAAF), American radar-equipped bombers during World War II
* Pathfinders Company (Portugal), a Portuguese military unit
* Pathfinder Platoon, a British military unit
* HMS Pathfinder, several Royal Navy ships
* Pathfinder-class cruiser, a two-ship Royal Navy class
* USS Pathfinder, several U.S. Navy ships
* Pathfinder-class survey ship, a class of U.S. Navy ship
* Piasecki 16H Pathfinder, an experimental series of helicopters produced in the 1960s for the US Army
* Pathfinder, a nickname of the 8th Infantry Division (United States)

## Organizations

* Pathfinders (Girl Guides), a division of the Girl Guides of Canada
* Pathfinders (Seventh-day Adventist), a youth organization
* Pathfinder International, an American reproductive health organization

## Places

* Pathfinder National Wildlife Refuge, Wyoming, United States
* Pathfinder Dam, on the North Platte River, Wyoming
** Pathfinder Reservoir, Wyoming
* Camp Pathfinder, a boys' camp in Ontario, Canada

## Transportation
### Aircraft

* Keystone Pathfinder, a 1920s airliner, built only as a prototype
* Pathfinder, the marketing name of the Piper PA-28 Cherokee, a light, piston-powered aircraft from 1974 to 1977
* Soloy Pathfinder 21, a twin-engined, single propeller turboprop aircraft

### Road vehicles

* Pathfinder (1912 automobile)
* LUTZ Pathfinder, the UK's first autonomous car, shown to the public in 2015
* Nissan Pathfinder, a sport utility vehicle introduced in 1986
* Pontiac Pathfinder, an American automobile produced from 1953 to 1958
* Riley Pathfinder, a British automobile produced from 1953 to 1957
* Wright Pathfinder, a bus body

### Other transportation

* S.T.V. Pathfinder, a Canadian sail-training vessel
* Pathfinder Parkway, an Oklahoma walking, jogging and biking trail

## Other uses

* John C. Frémont (1813–1890), military officer and explorer nicknamed "The Pathfinder"
* Pathfinder March, an annual 46-mile (74 km) walk connecting all the RAF Pathfinder air stations from the Second World War
* Pathfinder Nuclear Generating Station, a former power plant near Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States
* Charter Arms Pathfinder, a revolver
* Pathfinder Camera, an instant camera made by Polaroid
* Milton Keynes Pathfinders, an American football team based in Milton Keynes, England
* Adenocaulon bicolor, a flowering plant in the daisy family known as Pathfinder
* Ulmus parvifolia 'Pathfinder', a Chinese Elm cultivar
* Housing Market Renewal Initiative, a UK programme, also referred to as Pathfinder