Beyond Gairloch to the northwest a number of small settlements can be found: Big Sand, North Erradale, and Melvaig. From Big Sands the road becomes single-track for to Melvaig. Beyond Melvaig the road narrows to a private stretch (which is open to the public and has right of passage for cars) and ends close to the Rua Reidh Lighthouse. There is a small local authority car park in Melvaig for five cars where people park to walk out to the Lighthouse.