Baton may refer to:
In stick-like objects:
- Baton (conducting), a short thin stick used for directing a musical performance
- Baton, a type of club (weapon)
- Baton (law enforcement)
- Baton charge, a coordinated tactic for dispersing crowds of people,
- Baton (running), an object transferred by runners in a relay race
- Baton (symbol), a symbolic attribute of military or other office
- Baton (twirling), a light metal rod used for keeping time, twirling, and juggling in marching band and parade performances
- Baton sinister, a mark of cadency in heraldry
- Baton, a smaller version of a baguette
- Baton, in stick juggling, the central stick, which is manipulated with the side-sticks (control sticks)
- Baton, another name for the suit of wands in the Italian and French tarot decks
In other uses:
- BATON, a Type 1 block cipher, used by the United States to secure all types of classified information
- Baton Bob, a costumed street performer currently based in Atlanta, Georgia
- Baton Broadcasting, a Canadian broadcaster, now owned by CTVglobemedia
- Baton Broadcasting System, a defunct television system owned by Baton Broadcasting Inc.
- "Baton Bunny", a Bugs Bunny cartoon of the Looney Tunes series produced in 1958
- BATON Overlay or Balanced Tree Over-lay Network, a distributed tree structure for Peer-to-Peer (P2P) systems
- Baton Records, a record label
- Baton Rouge, the capital city of Louisiana, USA