Carefree, Desert town in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA.
Located at 726 meters above sea level, Carefree extends across 8.8 square miles of Sonoran Desert terrain north of Phoenix and Scottsdale.
Business partners K.T. Palmer and Tom Darlington established Carefree in 1958 as a master-planned community, which later incorporated in 1984 to prevent Scottsdale annexation.
The Carefree Desert Gardens spans four acres along Easy Street, displaying rare desert plant specimens through self-guided walking tours.
The town contains 98 residential properties for sale with median listing prices of $995,000, and properties typically remain on the market for 56 days.
A copper-covered steel sundial measuring ninety feet across stands in Sundial Circle plaza since 1959, ranking as the third largest in the Western Hemisphere.
Location: Maricopa County
Inception: 1958
Elevation above the sea: 726 m
Website: http://carefree.org
GPS coordinates: 33.82722,-111.92361
Latest update: May 27, 2025 09:39
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