Chesapeake Beach is a town in Calvert County, Maryland, United States.

The creek has been dredged to allow pleasure craft, commercial fisherman and a few small US Navy vessels to dock in the city.

Fishing Creek is a breeding sanctuary for Crassostrea virginica, as well as Chrysaora chesapeakei.

These cliffs tower as high as 110 feet above the water and are constantly eroding due to freeze/thaw and wave action.

Located at the center of town is the Chesapeake Beach Veterans' Memorial Park.

The primary method of travel to and from Chesapeake Beach is presently by road, and two state highways currently serve the town.

MD 2 leads north to Annapolis and Baltimore, while MD 4 heads northwest to Washington, D.C. Maryland Route 261 is the other highway directly serving the town, following Bayside Road from south to north through Chesapeake Beach and providing connections to other communities along the Chesapeake Bay.

It was the site of many slot machines in the early twentieth century (despite efforts to prohibit them)[8] as part of the "Little Nevada" area of southern Maryland.

Between steamer ships from Baltimore and trains from Washington, the weekend population of Chesapeake Beach reached into the 10,000s during the 1920s, until economic depression, and a bad hotel fire, brought an end to the railroad.

In the new millennium a boardwalk and pier, and a new condominium development have risen in Chesapeake Beach.

While discriminated against as visitors, African-Americans were essential to the construction and maintenance of the tourist infrastructure, working jobs in rail and retail.

Nearby Naval Air Station Patuxent River has several aircraft that assist in the Research lab's mission.

The storm surge pushed flood waters into both towns, damaging residences and businesses in North Beach, and knocking out electrical services for nearly a week.

[11][12] On June 4, 2008, a tornado struck Chesapeake Beach, damaging many homes in Richfield Station and Bayview Hills.