Things To Do in Camas

Historic downtown

Downtown Camas is the town's living room: a compact, tree-lined grid along NE 4th Avenue filled with locally owned boutiques, gift shops, salons, coffee, and restaurants, anchored by the 1927 Liberty Theatre — a restored single-screen cinema that still runs first-run films and community events. The Camas Hotel, the public library, and the murals and flower baskets along 4th give the whole district a postcard quality that towns twice this size can't manage. Park once and walk; everything is within a few blocks.

Eat and drink

For a small town, Camas eats well. Downtown you'll find brewery taprooms, wine bars, coffee roasters, breakfast spots, and a solid range of dinner options from Mexican to Northwest fare — with more within a short drive along the Highway 14 corridor. The scene turns over slowly rather than constantly, and the busiest nights are Fridays and farmers-market evenings. (We deliberately don't publish hours or menus here — check any spot's own listing before you go.)

The calendar that runs the town

• First Friday — downtown stays open late the first Friday of each month with themed events, art, and street activity.
• Camas Farmers Market — Wednesday evenings, roughly June through October, next to the library.
• Camas Days — the big summer festival each July: parade, vendors, bathtub races, the whole small-town works.
• Camas lily bloom — April, on the prairies above Lacamas Lake. The reason for the town's name and its best photo op.
• Hometown Holidays — December tree lighting and downtown festivities.
• Papermaker football — Friday nights in fall at Doc Harris Stadium are a legitimate community event.

Rainy-day and family options

The Liberty Theatre, the Camas Public Library (excellent kids' programming), downtown shopping, and indoor recreation in the wider Vancouver area cover the wet months. Add the Round Lake loop with rain gear — locals don't wait for sun.

Day trips from your driveway

This is where Camas's location shows off. Within an hour: the Columbia River Gorge's waterfalls and hikes (both the Washington and Oregon sides), Washougal River swimming holes, Portland's restaurants and events, and wine country around Hood River or the Willamette Valley's northern edge. Ninety minutes puts you at Mt. Hood's ski areas or the Mount St. Helens monument. Camas works as a home base the way few small towns do.