Switchback may refer to:
Transportation A hairpin turn on a road A horseshoe curve A zigzagging pedestrian or cycling ramp A roller coaster, or a roller coaster-like road A zig zag (railway) The Switchback, a former railway line in Glasgow, Scotland A motorcycle having detachable windscreens and luggage bags, e.g. Harley-Davidson's Dyna 2012 model
Entertainment Switchback Railway, the first roller coaster designed as an amusement ride in the United States Switchback (rollercoaster), a wooden roller coaster located at ZDT's Amusement Park Switchback (band), a duo which plays Americana music Switchback (TV series), a Canadian television show for children and teens broadcast on the CBC in the 1980s Switchback (comics), a Marvel Comics character connected to the X-Men Switchback (film), a 1997 film starring Dennis Quaid and Danny Glover "Switchback" (Celldweller song), a song from Celldweller's album Celldweller "Switchback" (Music for Pleasure song), a song from Music for Pleasure's album Into the Rain
Other uses Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC, an association football club in Colorado, United States Switchback, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in the United States In asymptotic analysis (mathematics), a term of intermediate order multiplying a homogenous solution (forced by matching to an outer solution) Magnetic switchback, a sudden reversal in the magnetic field of the solar wind observed on the Sun