Below is an overview of the Loch's in the area that you may want to visit

Loch Ard

Right on our doorstep is the beautiful Loch Ard a name derived from the Gaelic word "àird", meaning high headland or promontory. It is a freshwater loch with an approximate length of 3 miles (5km) and a width of 0.5 miles (1km). A loch of note in Sir Walter Scott's novel Rob Roy, It is the source of the River Fourth. Features of note are the Eilean Gorm "Green isle" A small wooded island with a bothy located on the loch and the ruins of a 15th-century castle built by Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany, on its southern shore. 

Loch Chon

A short drive up the road you find Loch Chon in Scottish Gaelic "Loch-a-Choin" meaning loch of the dog/dogs.  A smaller  freshwater loch at an approximate length of 1.6miles (2.8km) and a width of less than 0.5 of a mile (1km) it is has 3 small islands and due to its more secluded location is perfect for spotting local wildlife.

Loch Arklet

Coming from Scottish Gaelic. It derives from the elements airc (narrowness or difficulty) and leathad (a slope), meaning "the difficult slope" or "narrow slope," referencing the steep incline above the northern shore of the loch. An approximately length of 2.5 miles (4km) and width of 0.5 miles (1km) it is another fresh water loch and is noted for it's feral goat population that travels between loch Arklet and Loch Lomond as well a great place for sighting Ospreys in the summer, as well being the historical place of the marriage between Rob Roy MacGregor and Mary Helen Campbell.

Loch Lomond

Sitting at the base of Ben Lomond, Loch Lomond in Scottish Gaelic "Laomainn" meaning beacon making Ben Lomond and Loch Lomond translate as "beacon mountain" and "beacon Lake" although historical records show reference to older names of the loch as "Leamhna" meaning "elm water". At 22 miles (36 km) in length and a maximum width of 5 miles (8km). Loch Lomond is the UK's largest body of fresh water with an impressive 30 something islands. Loch Lomond is also of note for being the point of reference in the Scottish Folk song The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond.

Loch Katrine

Loch Ceiteirein in Scottish Gaelic driving from the extension of the Celtic root "ceit", meaning "dark, gloomy place", a name referring to the loch's heavily forested shores. A fresh water loch of approximately 8 miles (13km) in length and 1mile (1.6km) in width and home to 3 islands. It is known for being the setting of Sir Walter Scott's poem The Lady of the Lake and of the subsequent opera by Gioachino Rossini, La donna del lago. It is also considered to be the birth place of Rob Roy MacGregor. Guests can still take a cruise on the historic SS Sir Walter Scott steam ship which has been sailing Loch Katrine since 1900.