Camas  is a city in Clark County, Washington, with a population of 26,065 at the 2020 census. The east side of town borders the city of Washougal, Washington, and the west side of town borders Vancouver, Washington. Camas lies along the Washington side of the Columbia River, across from Troutdale, Oregon, and is part of the Portland metropolitan area.
One of the major geographical features of the city is Prune Hill.  Prune Hill is an extinct volcanic vent and is part of the Boring Lava Field of northwest Oregon and southwest Washington.


The city was named after the camas lily, a plant which grows in the area and is part of the lily family. The name "Camas" comes from a Nez Perce word meaning "sweet".
In 1805, Lewis and Clark camped at what would become Camas on their expedition to explore North America. In 1836, Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth founded Fort Hall two miles east of present-day downtown Camas along the Columbia River; it was abandoned by 1840 due to flooding problems associated with its location in an oxbow lake formed by geologic processes during Ice Age floods.

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