Lodestar

Lodestar is an archaic word for a star that guides, especially the northern pole star.

Lodestar may also refer to:

Art and entertainment

 * Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book, an award given annually at the World Science Fiction Convention
 * Lodestar (band), an English band founded in 1996, or their debut album
 * Lodestar (album), 2016 album by the English folk musician Shirley Collins
 * LodeStar Festival, an annual music festival in Lode, Cambridgeshire, England
 * "Lodestar", a 1973 short story by Poul Anderson
 * Lodestar, a 2000 science fiction novel by Michael Flynn

Vehicles

 * GWR 4000 Class 4003 Lode Star, a British steam locomotive
 * Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar, a passenger transport aircraft of the World War II era
 * Lodestar (trimaran), a cruising trimaran sailboat design

Other uses

 * Lodestar (navigation), a star used in celestial navigation
 * Lodestar method, a basis for calculating attorney's fees