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Just a short drive north of Phoenix, you’ll find spectacular desert sights in the Town of Carefree.  You’ll enjoy vast stretches of wide-open Sonoran Desert, amazing mountain vistas, giant boulder formations and towering saguaro cacti.

In the 1950’s, Partners K. T. Palmer and Tom Darlington acquired the land now known as Carefree.

The 1960’s saw the first shops and restaurants constructed, bringing business within the Town Center.  Sky Ranch Airport and the Desert Forest Golf Club opened.

Today, Carefree’s population is approaching 4,000.  Carefree celebrates 50 years of history and 25 years of incorporation.

You’ll enjoy what this extraordinary desert paradise has to offer from shopping to dining to the arts. Visit unique shops and galleries, enjoy a great meal, try a sarsaparilla at a Western saloon, or just relax and watch a fabulous sun set. Later at night, you’ll be treated to a great star show with the stars shining so bright, they seem close enough to touch. You may even hear a coyote singing to the moon.
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Cave Creek is a town located at in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona, with an elevation of 2129 feet above sea level.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 28.2 square miles. It is adjacent to the town of Carefree, and shares local landmark Black Mountain with Carefree.

In 2000, the state of Arizona, Maricopa County, and the town of Cave Creek bought Spur Cross Ranch, a 2,154-acre (8.72 km2) tract of Sonoran desert just north of Phoenix, for $21 million. It had unusual cacti, stone formations, and hundreds of Hopi Indian tribal artifacts, and is now a Maricopa County park.[4]

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WHAT TO DO IN CAREFREE/CAVE CREEK
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Lodging

Carefree Resort & Conference Center is a year-round conference and vacation destination.

In these scenic foothills of the Sonoran Desert lies the Carefree Resort & Conference Center.   Here guests can embrace the Southwestern lifestyle in total relaxation.  Covering 23 acres adorned with desert wildflowers, towering Saguaro, Giant Ocotillo and Prickly Pear Cacti, Carefree Resort & Conference Center is an authentic Southwestern retreat for those in need of rest and relaxation…..