Dares Beach is a residential

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

located in

Calvert County Calvert County is located in the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 census, the population was 92,783. Its county seat is Prince Frederick. The county's name is derived from the family name of the Barons of Baltimore, the proprietors of t ...

Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...

, United States. Dares Beach is situated along the

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. It utilizes the Prince Frederick ZIP code and is approximately four miles east of the town center of Prince Frederick at the eastern terminus of MD 402. Notable residents of Dares Beach include former Maryland state senator and

Patuxent River The Patuxent River is a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay in the state of Maryland. There are three main river drainages for central Maryland: the Potomac River to the west passing through Washington, D.C., the Patapsco River to the northeast ...

advocate

Bernie Fowler Clyde Bernard Fowler (March 30, 1924 – December 12, 2021) was an American politician from Maryland. He was a Calvert County Commissioner from 1970 to 1982, and served in the Maryland Senate between 1983 and 1994. Fowler is best known for his ...

, spy novelist

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, and television/film actor

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, whose credits include HBO's ''

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'' and ''

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''.

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Beaches of Maryland Unincorporated communities in Calvert County, Maryland Unincorporated communities in Maryland Maryland populated places on the Chesapeake Bay Landforms of Calvert County, Maryland {{CalvertCountyMD-geo-stub