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
See also Loadstar (disambiguation) Lodestone