 Cowal is the large peninsula situated between Loch Long to the east and Loch Fyne to the west and bordered to the north by the arterial road A83.Strachur is located 7 miles south of the A83, linking Loch Lomond and A82 to Inveraray, Lochgilphead and Campbeltown, and is 18 miles north of Dunoon, the main town of the Cowal peninsula.The area around Strachur borders the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.