Balnain
Located in Highland, Scotland Coordinates: 57°20′11″ N 4°34′57″ W
- Population
- 300
- 300
- Elevation
- 122 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
About Balnain
Balnain is a village. Location: Highland, Scotland. Population: 300. Elevation: 122 m.
Balnain (Scottish Gaelic: Baile an Athàin) is a small village in Glen Urquhart, Scotland, about 5 miles west of Drumnadrochit. It is mostly dependent on tourism, forestry, agriculture and farming. The first buildings were created in the 1870s and 1880s and minor expansions occurred in the 1900s, 1960s and 1970. Its height above sea level is 123.6m.
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In comparison
- No. 71 of 110 places in Highland by population
- Nearest larger town: Milton, 5 km E
- 67 sights and natural places within 10 km Loch Meiklie, Glen Urquhart
Airports nearest to Balnain
- Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 39 km
- Dundee Airport (DND) Dundee 137 km
- Stornoway Airport (SYY) Stornoway, Western Isles 143 km
Straight-line distance; airports with scheduled flights only. Source: OurAirports (public domain).
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Loch Meiklie Lake, Highland0.3 km S
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Glen Urquhart Natural site, Highland0.3 km S
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Creag Mhor Mountain, Highland1.2 km E
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Carn Macsna Mountain, Highland2.5 km S
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Creag Bhan Mountain, Highland3.4 km N
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Creag Muigeil Mountain, Highland3.5 km NW
Sources & licences
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