[1][2] There are no settlements directly on the loch however the hamlet of Gearnsary and the Farmstead of Rimsdale[3] are very nearby.

Much of the other inflow into the Rimsdale burn however is from dozens of tiny brooks and streams most of which are unnamed which create a web of waterways around the mountains.

The Allt Seabhag brings in water from the east near Sron an Eireannach in the Naver Forest on the west side there's Allt Achadh an Daraich which brings water from Cnoc Bad na Fainne.

Further south is the location of the much more important Allt an Loin Tharsuinn which brings in water from Loch Truderscaig and Lochan Dubh.

Allt Glas gets water from Creag an Alltan Fhearna and is the shortest named brook in the area.

There's also the Naver Forest nature reserve directly east of Loch Rimsdale.

[8] There's still a very small track that links the settlement and the adjacent loch to the rest of the world however most mapping sites do not list it, it is located just south of Bad an Leathaid.

Bad an Leathaid is the smallest, least known locality in the catchment area of Loch Rimsdale, it doesn't even have a road link.

Loch Nan Clar has two lodges in its vicinity, the Sheppard's Cottage and the Garvault.

[11] Fishing and hiking are all the reasons for tourism, much like almost all other lochs in the area, trout is by far the most common catch however, salmon can be found both here and in the River Helmsdale.

[16][17] Rimsdale also has plenty of evidence of abandoned buildings, some roofed others unroofed although is a much smaller archaeological site than that of Truderscaig.