Dares Beach, Maryland

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Dares Beach, Maryland
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Dares Beach
Coordinates: 38°33′42″N76°30′56″W / 38.56167°N 76.51556°W / 38.56167; -76.51556 Coordinates: 38°33′42″N76°30′56″W / 38.56167°N 76.51556°W / 38.56167; -76.51556
Country United States
State Maryland
County Calvert
Elevation
3 ft (0.9 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
20678
Area code(s) 410, 443, and 667
GNIS feature ID590064 [1]

Dares Beach is a residential unincorporated community located in Calvert County, Maryland, United States. Dares Beach is situated along the Chesapeake Bay. 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 advocate Bernie Fowler, spy novelist Tom Clancy, and television/film actor Michael Willis, whose credits include HBO's The Wire and Men in Black .

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References

  1. "Dares Beach". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.