| Gaelic Name: | Camas nam Muclach |
| Official Name: | Kames |
| Static Image Name: | Kames pier - geograph.org.uk - 992208.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | Pier at Kames |
| Unitary Scotland: | Argyll and Bute |
| Lieutenancy Scotland: | Argyll and Bute |
| Constituency Westminster: | Argyll and Bute |
| Constituency Scottish Parliament: | Argyll and Bute |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Coordinates: | 55.8902°N -5.2446°W |
| Os Grid Reference: | NR 97200 71100 |
| Map Alt: | Scotland |
| Map Relief: | yes |
| Post Town: | TIGHNABRUAICH |
| Postcode Area: | PA |
| Postcode District: | PA21 |
| Dial Code: | 01700 |
| Hide Services: | yes |
Kames (Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: Camas nam Muclach) is a small village on the Cowal Peninsula, in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland, on the shore of the west arm of the Kyles of Bute.[1]
Kames is now part of a continuous coastal strip of housing that joins onto Tighnabruaich. Kames has a grocery shop (containing a post office, and relaunched under new management as the "Kames Village Store" in late 2016), a church and a hotel.[2]
The Kames Hotel has views over the west arm of the Kyles of Bute.[3]
Between 1839 and 1921 the village was involved in the transit of gunpowder that was made in the nearby inland settlement of Millhouse. The gunpowder plant owners built a pier and quay for the transport of their products.[4]
See main article: National Cycle Route 75.
Kames is on the NCR75 a route from Edinburgh to Tarbert on the Kintyre peninsula.[5] The National Cycle Network is maintained by Sustrans.[6]
The Kyles of Bute golf club is located above Kames and was founded in 1907. It is a nine-hole course and has no bunkers, as the terrain provides enough hazards on the course.[7]
The village is served by the 478 Dunoon–Portavadie bus, operated by West Coast Motors.[8]
The artist Hamilton Macallum (1841 - 1896) was born in Kames.