Balnakeil is a hamlet in the parish of Durness, Sutherland,[1] Scottish Highlands, and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.

It is on the north coast of Scotland around 3⁄4 mile (1.2 kilometres) northwest of Durness.

The ruin of Balnakeil Church is a scheduled monument.

[2] The peninsula of Faraid Head is to the north of Balnakeil.

It was the site of a 1950s radar station and remains the range control for Ministry of Defence bombing operations in the Cape Wrath Training Area to the west.