Pike, Pikes or The Pike may refer to:

Fish

* Blue pike or

blue walleye The blue walleye (''Sander vitreus'' var. ''glaucus''), also called the blue pike, was a unique Polymorphism (biology), color morph (formerly considered a subspecies) of walleye which was Endemism, endemic to the Great Lakes of North America. mor ...

, an extinct color morph of the yellow walleye ''Sander vitreus'' *

Ctenoluciidae The Ctenoluciidae (meaning "comb light family"), also known as pike-characins, are a small family of freshwater fishes from Panama and South America. They have elongated, Esox, pike-like bodies, and several sharp and conical teeth. They are rela ...

, the "pike characins", some species of which are commonly known as pikes * ''

Esox ''Esox'' is a genus of freshwater fish commonly known as pike or pickerel. It is the type genus of the family (biology), family Esocidae. The type species of the genus is ''Esox lucius'', the northern pike. ''Esox'' have a fossil record exten ...

'', genus of pikes **

Northern pike The northern pike (''Esox lucius'') is a species of carnivorous fish of the genus ''Esox'' (pikes). They are commonly found in brackish water, moderately salty and fresh waters of the Northern Hemisphere (''i.e.'' holarctic in distribution). T ...

, common northern hemisphere pike * Mackerel pike or

Pacific saury The Pacific saury (''Cololabis saira'') is species of fish in the family Scomberesocidae. Saury is a seafood in several East Asian cuisines and is also known by the name mackerel pike. Biology Saury is a fish with a small mouth, an elongat ...

, a fish popular in east Asian cuisine * Walleyed pike or

walleye The walleye (''Sander vitreus'', Synonym (taxonomy), synonym ''Stizostedion vitreum''), also called the walleyed pike, yellow pike, yellow pikeperch or yellow pickerel, is a freshwater perciform fish native to most of Canada and to the Northern ...

, ''Sander vitreus'', not actually a pike, but regionally referred to as such

Places

Russia

* Shchukino District (Russian for "Pike" District), an area in North-Western Administrative Okrug, part of the federal city of Moscow.

Canada

* Pike Island (Nunavut) * Pike River (Quebec)

Great Britain

* Clougha Pike, a hill in Lancashire, England * Cold Pike, a fell in the Lake District, England * Dollywaggon Pike, a fell in the Lake District, England * Esk Pike, a fell in the Lake District, England * Hartshead Pike, a hill in Lancashire, England * The

Langdale Pikes Great Langdale is a valley in the Lake District National Park in North West England, the epithet "Great" distinguishing it from the neighbouring valley of Little Langdale. Langdale is also the name of a valley in the Howgill Fells, elsewhere ...

, a range of hills in the Lake District, England * Murton Pike, a hill in Cumbria, England *

Nethermost Pike Nethermost Pike is a fell in Cumbria, England, and a part of the Lake District. At it is the second highest List of Wainwrights, Wainwright in the Helvellyn range, the highest of which is Helvellyn itself. It is located close to the southern en ...

, a fell in the Lake District, England * Pikes (hill), a hill in the Lake District, England * Red Pike (Buttermere), a fell near Buttermere in the Lake District, England *

Red Pike (Wasdale) Red Pike is a fell in the English Lake District. It is high and lies due north of Wast Water. It is often climbed as part of the Mosedale Horseshoe, a walk which also includes Pillar (Lake District), Pillar. The fell can be confused with Red P ...

, a fell near Wasdale in the Lake District, England * Scafell Pike, the highest mountain in England * The Pike (Hesk Fell), one of Wainwright's ''outlying fells'' in the Lake District, England

United States

* Pike, California, a census-designated place * Pike, Indiana, an unincorporated community *

Pikeville, Kentucky Pikeville () is a List of cities in Kentucky, home rule-class city in and the county seat of Pike County, Kentucky, United States. Its population was 7,754 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. Census. Pikeville serves as a regional eco ...

* Pike, New Hampshire, an unincorporated community * Pike, New York, a town ** Pike (CDP), New York, hamlet in the town of Pike * Pike, Texas, an unincorporated community * Pike, West Virginia * Pike Bay Township, Cass County, Minnesota * Pike Island, Minnesota * Pike National Forest, Colorado *

Pike Place Market Pike Place Market is a Marketplaces#Types, public market in Seattle, Washington, United States. It opened on August 17, 1907, and is one of the oldest continuously operated public farmers' markets in the United States. Overlooking the Elliott B ...

, Seattle, Washington * Pike Road, Alabama *

Pikes Peak Pikes Peak is the List of mountain ranges of Colorado#Mountain ranges, highest summit of the southern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains in North America. The Ultra-prominent peak, ultra-prominent fourteener is located in Pike National Forest, ...

, in Colorado * The Pike, an amusement park in California * Pike County, Alabama *

Pike County, Arkansas Pike County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,171. The county seat is Murfreesboro. Pike County is Arkansas's 25th county, formed on November 1, 1833, and named for Lieutenant Zebu ...

Pike County, Georgia Pike County is a county in the West Central region of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,889. The county seat is Zebulon. History Pike County was made from part of Monroe County in 1822. It was named ...

Pike County, Illinois Pike County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is located between the Mississippi River and the Illinois River in western Illinois. According to the 2020 United States census, it had a population of 14,739. Its county seat is Pitts ...

* Pike County, Indiana *

Pike County, Kentucky Pike County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 Census, the population was 58,669. Its county seat is Pikeville, Kentucky, Pikeville. The county was founded in 1821. It is ...

* Pike County, Mississippi *

Pike County, Missouri Pike County is a County (United States), county on the eastern border of the U.S. state of Missouri, bounded by the Mississippi River. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 17,587. Its county seat is Bowling Green ...

* Pike County, Ohio * Pike County, Pennsylvania

Multiple entities

* Pike County (disambiguation) * Pike Township (disambiguation)

Military

Pike (weapon) A pike is a long thrusting spear formerly used in European warfare from the Late Middle Ages and most of the early modern warfare, early modern period, and wielded by infantry, foot soldiers deployed in pike square formation, until it was largel ...

, a long thrusting pole weapon used by infantry ** Half pike * Pike square, a Swiss military tactic * HMS ''Pike'', the name of five ships of the Royal Navy * USS ''Pike'' (SS-6), an American ''Plunger''-class submarine * USS ''Pike'' (SS-173), the first all-welded submarine * Pike (munition), a Raytheon-developed guided round fired from a grenade launcher

Music

* ''Pikes'' (album), released by

Buckethead Brian Patrick Carroll (born May 13, 1969), known professionally as Buckethead, is an American guitarist. He has received critical acclaim for his innovative and virtuosic electric guitar playing. Buckethead's extensive solo discography currentl ...

in 2013 *

The Northern Pikes The Northern Pikes are a Canadian Rock music, rock band formed in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, in 1984. The original members are Jay Semko, Bryan Potvin, Merl Bryck and Glen Hollingshead, who left the band in 1985 and was replaced by Jay Semko in J ...

, a Canadian rock band, from Saskatoon

Sports

* Pike (diving), a position used in competitive diving * Pike (gymnastics), a position in which the body is bent only in the hips * Pike, a variant of the kick (b-boy move) * Pike, a type of cheerleading jump

Technology

* Pike (cipher), a stream cipher invented by Ross Anderson * Pike (programming language), a programming language * Red Pike (cipher), a British government cipher

Characters

* Pike Trickfoot, a gnome cleric in the D&D Web Series '' Critical Role'' *

Pike (Buffyverse character) Major and recurring characters created by Joss Whedon for the television series ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' are as follows: Cast Main cast The following characters were featured in the opening credits of the program. Recurring cast Notable ...

, a minor character in ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' * Pike, a racer character in '' Rimba Racer'' * Langdale Pike (character), a character in ''The Adventure of the Three Gables'', a Sherlock Holmes story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle * Private Frank Pike Character in UK TV show ''

Dad's Army ''Dad's Army'' is a British television British sitcom, sitcom about the United Kingdom's Home Guard (United Kingdom), Home Guard during the World War II, Second World War. It was written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft (TV producer), David Crof ...

'' * Captain Christopher Pike (Star Trek), a character in the ''

Star Trek ''Star Trek'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, which began with the Star Trek: The Original Series, series of the same name and became a worldwide Popular culture, pop-culture Cultural influence of ...

'' science fiction franchise. * PIkess, character in Super Auto Pets.

Other uses

* Pike (surname), a list of people * Pike Expedition, an American exploration of the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains * Pike pole, a long-handled reaching, holding, and pulling tool * Pike potato, a variety of potato * The Pike: Gabriele D'Annunzio, Poet, Seducer and Preacher of War, 2009 biography * Pike or

toll road A toll road, also known as a turnpike or tollway, is a public or private road for which a fee (or ''Toll (fee), toll'') is assessed for passage. It is a form of road pricing typically implemented to help recoup the costs of road construction and ...

, a road on which fees are collected ** Massachusetts Turnpike, known as "The Pike" * Pike, a colloquial name for the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity * WWFX, branded as "100 FM The Pike"