The surreal shapes of nearly 1½ billion year old granite provide a stunning backdrop for The Boulders Resort, in Carefree.      Crystals within the granite are striking when viewed up close.    The Boulders offers GemLand's Sky Jewels™ Stargazing program every week, as well as a short Geology Tour we conduct for its guests.      Next View >>    There are 7 views in this sequence -- this is view #2.      If you like rocks, gems, geology, hiking, & stars in the sky, to our FREE EMAIL NEWSLETTER.      See the GeoHistory page if you want to know more about why the landscape looks the way it does, or return to the map of "The Rocks of the Valley of the Sun" for more view locations.    You can also send this as an E-Postcard to your friends! Photo courtesy of The Boulders Resort, Carefree, Arizona.