# Pathfinder

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**Pathfinder**, **Path Finder** or **Pathfinders** may refer to:

## Aerospace

- *[Mars Pathfinder](/source/Mars_Pathfinder)*, a NASA Mars Lander
- [NASA Pathfinder](/source/NASA_Pathfinder), a high-altitude, solar-powered uncrewed aircraft
- [Space Shuttle *Pathfinder*](/source/Space_Shuttle_Pathfinder), a Space Shuttle test simulator

## Arts and entertainment

### Fictional characters

- Pathfinder, a [*G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero* character](/source/List_of_G.I._Joe:_A_Real_American_Hero_characters_(M%E2%80%93R))
- [Path Finder (*Transformers*)](/source/Path_Finder_(Transformers)), an animated television series character
- Pathfinder, a character in the battle royale game *[Apex Legends](/source/Apex_Legends)*
- The Pathfinder, a call sign for the alien character John Adams in the 2011 video game *[Conduit 2](/source/Conduit_2)*
- [Pathfinder Ryder](/source/Pathfinder_Ryder), the [player character](/source/Player_character) in *[Mass Effect: Andromeda](/source/Mass_Effect:_Andromeda)*

### Film and television

- [*The Pathfinder* (1952 film)](/source/The_Pathfinder_(1952_film)), based on the book by James Fenimore Cooper
- [*Pathfinder* (1987 film)](/source/Pathfinder_(1987_film)), a Norwegian Oscar-nominated film
- [*The Pathfinder* (1996 film)](/source/The_Pathfinder_(1996_film)), a TV movie based on the book by James Fenimore Cooper
- [*Pathfinder* (2007 film)](/source/Pathfinder_(2007_film)), an action film based on the 1987 film
- [*Pathfinders* (TV series)](/source/Pathfinders_(TV_series)), a 1972–1973 British television series
- ["Pathfinder" (*Star Trek: Voyager*)](/source/Pathfinder_(Star_Trek:_Voyager)), a television series episode

### Games

- *[Pathfinder Roleplaying Game](/source/Pathfinder_Roleplaying_Game)* - [*Pathfinder* (periodicals)](/source/Pathfinder_(periodicals)), a series of supplements to the game - *[Pathfinder: Kingmaker](/source/Pathfinder:_Kingmaker)*, a computer game based in this fictional universe - *[Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous](/source/Pathfinder:_Wrath_of_the_Righteous)*, a computer game sequel to Kingmaker
- *Pathfinder*, a [1977 Milton Bradley Company board game](/source/List_of_Milton_Bradley_Company_products)
- "Pathfinder", a [*The Price Is Right* pricing game](/source/List_of_The_Price_Is_Right_pricing_games)

### Music

- [Pathfinder (band)](/source/Pathfinder_(band)), a Polish symphonic power metal band
- [*Pathfinder* (album)](/source/Pathfinder_(album)), a 1972 Beggars Opera album
- *[Path.Finder](/source/Path.Finder)*, a 2019 Notaker EP

### Novels

- *[The Pathfinder, or The Inland Sea](/source/The_Pathfinder,_or_The_Inland_Sea)*, an 1840 novel by James Fenimore Cooper
- [*Pathfinders* (novel)](/source/Pathfinders_(novel)), a 1944 novel by Cecil Lewis
- [*Pathfinder* (novel)](/source/Pathfinder_(novel)), a 2010 novel by Orson Scott Card
- *TodHunter Moon, Book One: PathFinder*, a 2014 novel by [Angie Sage](/source/Angie_Sage)

## Businesses

- Pathfinder Energy Services, a division of [Smith International](/source/Smith_International)
- [Pathfinder Press](/source/Pathfinder_Press), a publisher of socialist literature

## Computing and information science

- [Path Finder](/source/Path_Finder), a Macintosh file browser
- [Pathfinder (library science)](/source/Pathfinder_(library_science)), a subject bibliography often offered on library websites
- [Pathfinder (website)](/source/Pathfinder_(website)), owned by Time Inc.
- [Pathfinder network](/source/Pathfinder_network), a psychometric scaling method
- [Java Pathfinder](/source/Java_Pathfinder), a software testing tool

## Military

- [Pathfinder (military)](/source/Pathfinder_(military)), a type of soldier
- [Pathfinder (RAF)](/source/Pathfinder_(RAF)), British target-marking squadrons during World War II
- [Pathfinder (USAAF)](/source/Pathfinder_(USAAF)), American radar-equipped bombers during World War II
- [Pathfinders Company (Portugal)](/source/Pathfinders_Company_(Portugal)), a Portuguese military unit
- [Pathfinder Platoon](/source/Pathfinder_Platoon), a British military unit
- [HMS *Pathfinder*](/source/HMS_Pathfinder), several Royal Navy ships
- [*Pathfinder*-class cruiser](/source/Pathfinder-class_cruiser), a two-ship Royal Navy class
- [USS *Pathfinder*](/source/USS_Pathfinder), several U.S. Navy ships
- [*Pathfinder*-class survey ship](/source/Pathfinder-class_survey_ship), a class of U.S. Navy ship
- [Piasecki 16H Pathfinder](/source/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)](/source/8th_Infantry_Division_(United_States))

## Organizations

- [Pathfinders (Girl Guides)](/source/Pathfinders_(Girl_Guides)), a division of the Girl Guides of Canada
- [Pathfinders (Seventh-day Adventist)](/source/Pathfinders_(Seventh-day_Adventist)), a youth organization
- [Pathfinder International](/source/Pathfinder_International), an American reproductive health organization

## Places

- [Pathfinder National Wildlife Refuge](/source/Pathfinder_National_Wildlife_Refuge), Wyoming, United States
- [Pathfinder Dam](/source/Pathfinder_Dam), on the North Platte River, Wyoming - [Pathfinder Reservoir](/source/Pathfinder_Reservoir), Wyoming
- [Camp Pathfinder](/source/Camp_Pathfinder), a boys' camp in Ontario, Canada

## Transportation

### Aircraft

- [Keystone Pathfinder](/source/Keystone_Pathfinder), a 1920s airliner, built only as a prototype
- Pathfinder, the marketing name of the [Piper PA-28 Cherokee](/source/Piper_PA-28_Cherokee), a light, piston-powered aircraft from 1974 to 1977
- [Soloy Pathfinder 21](/source/Soloy_Pathfinder_21), a twin-engined, single propeller turboprop aircraft

### Road vehicles

- [Pathfinder (1912 automobile)](/source/Pathfinder_(1912_automobile))
- [LUTZ Pathfinder](/source/LUTZ_Pathfinder), the UK's first autonomous car, shown to the public in 2015
- [Nissan Pathfinder](/source/Nissan_Pathfinder), a sport utility vehicle introduced in 1986
- [Pontiac Pathfinder](/source/Pontiac_Pathfinder), an American automobile produced from 1953 to 1958
- [Riley Pathfinder](/source/Riley_Pathfinder), a British automobile produced from 1953 to 1957
- [Wright Pathfinder](/source/Wright_Pathfinder), a bus body

### Other transportation

- [S.T.V. *Pathfinder*](/source/S.T.V._Pathfinder), a Canadian sail-training vessel
- [Pathfinder Parkway](/source/Pathfinder_Parkway), an Oklahoma walking, jogging and biking trail

## Other uses

- [John C. Frémont](/source/John_C._Fr%C3%A9mont) (1813–1890), military officer and explorer nicknamed "The Pathfinder"
- [Pathfinder March](/source/Pathfinder_March), an annual 46-mile (74-kilometre) walk connecting all the RAF Pathfinder air stations from the Second World War
- [Pathfinder Nuclear Generating Station](/source/Pathfinder_Nuclear_Generating_Station), a former power plant near Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States
- [Charter Arms Pathfinder](/source/Charter_Arms_Pathfinder), a revolver
- Pathfinder Camera, an [instant camera made by Polaroid](/source/List_of_Polaroid_instant_cameras#Roll_film)
- [Milton Keynes Pathfinders](/source/Milton_Keynes_Pathfinders), an American football team based in Milton Keynes, England
- *[Adenocaulon bicolor](/source/Adenocaulon_bicolor)*, a flowering plant in the daisy family known as Pathfinder
- [Ulmus parvifolia 'Pathfinder'](/source/Ulmus_parvifolia_'Pathfinder'), a Chinese Elm cultivar
- [Housing Market Renewal Initiative](/source/Housing_Market_Renewal_Initiative), a UK programme, also referred to as Pathfinder
- [The Pathfinder (drink)](/source/The_Pathfinder_(drink)), a hemp-based drink

## See also

- [Matthew Fontaine Maury](/source/Matthew_Fontaine_Maury) (1806–1873), Navy captain and oceanographer nicknamed "Pathfinder of the Seas"
- [Pathfinding](/source/Pathfinding), as in algorithms for finding a route
- *[Sakigake](/source/Sakigake)* (translated into English as "Pathfinder" or "Pioneer"), Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft
- *[Sperrbrecher](/source/Sperrbrecher)*, a category of auxiliary warships used by the German Kriegsmarine during World War II, sometimes called *Pathfinder*
- [Wolf pack Pfadfinder](/source/Wolf_pack_Pfadfinder) (German for "pathfinder"), a German World War II wolf pack in the Battle of the Atlantic
- An [isogram](/source/Isogram#Uses_in_ciphers), of which "pathfinder" is an example that can be used as a numerical cipher

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