Lying within the Carse of Forth, to the north is Flanders Moss and to the south are the Campsie Fells.

The village lies on the A811, which follows the line of an eighteenth-century military road between Stirling and Balloch.

He was buried, but his skeleton was later uncovered and displayed in the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in the West End of Glasgow.

The local primary school is situated on Station Road in Buchlyvie and has a shared head teacher with the nearby village of Fintry.

The local rugby team is Strathendrick RFC who play their home games in the nearby village of Fintry.