Desolation or desolate may refer to:

Loneliness, an unpleasant emotional response to perceived isolation

Geography Cape Desolation, a headland in southwest Greenland Desolate Branch, a stream in West Virginia Desolation Canyon, a canyon in Utah Desolation Island (disambiguation) Desolation Lava Field, a lava field in British Columbia Desolation Peak (Washington) Desolation Peak (Wyoming) Desolation Sound, a sound in British Columbia Desolation Wilderness, a protected area in California

Music Desolate (album), a 1995 album by Alien Faktor Desolate (EP), a 2011 EP by Set The Sun "Desolation", song by Granville Bantock from Songs from the Chinese Poets "Desolation", song by Imminence from The Black "Desolation", song by Lamb of God from Resolution "Desolation", song by Red Harvest from Sick Transit Gloria Mundi "Desolation", song by Tremonti from A Dying Machine

Other Desolation (2017 film), an American horror film Desolation (2018 film), an American thriller film Desolate (film), a 2018 American thriller film Desolation (Llimona), a sculpture by Josep Llimona Desolate (video game), a 2019 video game Spiritual dryness, a concept in Catholic spirituality also known as desolation