Most pupils attend Killearn Primary School and senior pupils attend Balfron High School.

The Endrick Water passes through the hamlet.

[2] In 1572, John Napier had an estate at Gartness with his second wife, Agnes Chisholm.

[3] The name derives from the Scottish Gaelic Gart an Easa, which means "enclosed field by the stream".

[4] Whilst the hamlet has no facilities, there is an honesty shop serving walkers on the famous West Highland Way, and Drymen Camping, a campsite along the road towards Drymen, also directly on the trail.