Balnain (Scottish Gaelic: Baile an Fhàin) is a small village in Glenurquhart, Scotland, about 5 miles west of Drumnadrochit.

[14][15] The estate It was rented to the wealthy American industrialist and local benefactor Bradley Martin late 19th and early 20th century [17] and flourished in the 1880s and 1890s, but went into decline after the 1920s.

[14][15] Balmacaan House, near Drumnadrochit, was abandoned soon afterwards[21][20][22][14][15][16] set on fire by vandals in the 1960s and demolished in 1972.

[23][24] near the small settlement of Balbeg, located on the north west shore of Loch Ness, about 4 miles south of Drumnadrochit.

[23][24] The people were originally from Balnain\Rogie near Castle Leod,[25] 27 miles north of Loch Meiklie,[25] in today's Torrachilty forest.

[25] A historic quote from the mid 18th century reads: The last resident, William Macrae, appeared for the last time in the 1947/1948 Valuation Rolls.

The Fraser family of Balnain, Scotland, supported Bonnie Prince Charlie.,[28] but came from a township of the same name, in Stratherrick on the other side of Loch Ness.

[38] The weather in the village is generally warm and sunny in the spring and summer, cool and fairly rainy in the autumn, and very cold and snowy with some blizzards in the winter.

Several small near-by settlements include: Strathnacro, Balnaglack, Balbeg, Uppertown, Balnalurigan and Lochletter Cottages.