Cave Creek, Arizona Next door neighbors Cave Creek and Carefree share the same piece of the beautiful Sonoran Desert overlooking the Valley of the Sun. Even though many people think the two are one they both have their own personality, Cave Creek for its past and Carefree for it contemporary southwestern art and culture. Cave Creek is situated approximately 20 miles north of Scottsdale and Phoenix. This area has enjoyed celebrating and preserving its illustrious past. A thousand years ago, tribes of Hohokam and, later, Yavapai Indians occupied the area. This area of the Sonoran Desert is known as the Desert Foothills because of its rolling hills, desert washes and sheer beauty of saguaro cactus, teddy bear cholla,  mesquite and ironwood trees, ocotillo and an abundant of wild flowers, to name a few. In the mid-1800’s, the lure of gold and then cooper drew a cast of exploring pioneers to explore the lands hoping to strike it rich. Cave Creek Station was born and later to become just Cave Creek. The mines they laid claims to were given unusual but colorful names: Cave Creek Mistress, the New Hope, the Blue Boy, the Golden Star and Mormon Girl. Even though today there are no active mines in the area, the long abandoned mines give visitors endless hours of exploration but please exercise caution, the mines are very dangerous. Experience the true Arizona lifestyle of Cave Creek with a cowboy cook-out, horseback riding, rodeos, country and western dancing, old mining tours, hiking, biking, off road, boating (just north at Bartlett Lake) and of course, golfing. Golf courses, in the area, are designed to wind and wrap around the foothills making some of the most scenic in the state. To name a few of the public golf course in the Cave Creek/Carefree area would include: Dove Valley Ranch, the Boulders Resort Golf Club, and Rancho Mañana Golf Club. Private golf courses in the area are: Desert Forest Golf Club and Tatum Ranch Golf Course. Click Here to view homes for sale in Cave Creek |