Pathfinder Explained

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
  • , a computer game based in this fictional universe
  • , 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 networks, a psychometric scaling method
• Java Pathfinder, a software testing tool

Military

• Pathfinder (military), a type of soldier
• Pathfinder (RAF), English 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 46miles 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

See also

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