“It’s a Carefree Highway”
A little more demographics regarding Desert Hills and New River, Arizona.
This little peace of Paradise runs north from Carefree Hwy. Once made famous in my world by Gordon Lightfoot ” It’s a Carefree Highway”
New River Rd. / 7th street running north from Carefree Highway turns into New River Rd. This main roadway travels about 10 miles north then swings about 5 miles to the west then back southwest, back to Carefree Highway. Check out google map below.
Some day this will be named New River Boulevard. It winds its way thru high desert vistas. Along the eastern traverse the properties are zoned one acre lots. One home per one acre of land. This is to maintain the rural lifestyle and the senic beauty. Most the property on the southwest track back to Carefree Highway is undeveloped, but has already been master planned by the state to become high density city. The huge water treatment plant just east of Lake Pleasant is complete and is large enough to supply 600,000 homes.
Traveling north on the eastern side there are pockets of development. Desert Hills, Greer Ranch, Daisy Mountain, Circle Mountain, Fig Springs, Gavilan Valley, and Gavilan Hills. Along Interstate 17 running up the center is Tramonto and Anthem both master planed communities.
The north east run of New River Rd. supports a country lifestyle while the two master planned communities supply shopping, entertainment and all the amenities to make living out here great. It real is the best of both worlds. Below are some pictures of a few of the pocket communities. Click on photo for larger image !
Desert Hills Greer Ranch Circle Mountain Gavilan Peak
Gavilan Valley Gavilan Valley Circle Mountain Anthem
April 1st, 2008 at 1:08 pm
Those photos are great and the post is super informative!