Tha na bailtean Kirkton, Tòrr nan Clàr is Stromemore suidhichte air taobh tuath Loch Carrainn.
Eadar [[Achadh an t-Sìthidh]] is [[Port an t-SròinSròim]] tha an A890 a' ruith air bruach a deas an locha, far a bheil na bailtean [[Atadal]] is [[Aird an Arbha]] nan laighe cuideachd. Chaidh an rathad a thogail ann an 1979.<ref>[http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/lochcarron/lochcarron/index.html Undiscovered Scotland]</ref> Tha an rathad-iarrainn ''Kyle of Lochalsh Line'' a' dol seachad air taobh deas Loch Carrainn, tha stèiseanan ann an Atadal, Port an t-Sròin, [[Dùn Creige]] agus [[am Ploc]].