Loch Awe is located on the A85 road between Tyndrum and Oban (in the centre of the Scottish Highlands). It is about 80 miles (130 Km) North of Glasgow. It is located on the railway line to Oban and has its own train station. Loch Awe is renowned for its excellent fishing.
It is the third largest fresh water loch in Scotland with a surface area of 38.5 square kilometres (14.9 square miles). It is the longest fresh water loch in Scotland, measuring 35 kilometres from end to end with an average width of 1 kilometre.
The loch runs approximately south-west to north-east, roughly parallel to the two sea lochs of Loch Etive and Loch Fyne . Via the River Awe and Loch Etive it drains westward from its northern end and thus into the Atlantic Ocean .