Dares Beach is a residential

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located in

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, 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

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advocate

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, spy novelist

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, and television/film actor

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, whose credits include HBO's ''

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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