Carrbridge is about 10 km (6 mi) north of Aviemore and forms a gateway to the Cairngorms National Park.

Jumping off the bridge into the River Dulnain below had long been a popular pastime for younger locals and the more adventurous tourists.

Duthil Old Parish Church and Churchyard, located nearby, includes many graves and memorials of Clan Grant.

[11] In 2009 the village took on the BBC claiming that the Corporation constantly got the weather wrong which was putting off tourists.

The village has its own association football team, Carrbridge FC which plays in the Strathspey & Badenoch Welfare FA League and in local cup competitions.

Nearby areas provide summer habitats for common snipe, greenshanks, Eurasian oystercatchers, northern lapwings and others.

On the nature trail in Landmark Forest Adventure Park, there is a special feeding area that attracts pine wood birds and the red squirrel—endangered in most of the country due to competition from the introduced grey squirrel.