Pop-Up Museum
This winter, Dix Park hosts two inspiring history exhibits as part of our first-ever Pop-up Museum: From Plantation to Park, presenting the layered history of Dix Hill and We Built This, a showcase of Black architects and builders in North Carolina.
CCNC Youth Crew Hiring
Conservation Corps North Carolina is now hiring for the summer Youth Crew at Dix Park! As a Crew Member or Crew Leader with you'll get hands-on experience to become a confident steward of our natural resources while building leadership skills.
Wings of the City
Raleigh welcomes Wings of the City, a traveling exhibition by world-renowned Mexican artist Jorge Marín. The sculptures are on display at Dix Park October 2021 through March 2022. This is the first international art exhibition for the park!
African American Genealogy Symposium: A weekend of local stories and research from scholars and community members.
Bring your special someone to Dix Park for a special drive-in movie under the stars! Tickets Required.
Event Schedule
5:30 pm - Event gates open
7:00 pm - The Big Sick begins
9:30 pm - Movie and event ends
African American Genealogy Symposium: A weekend of local stories and research from scholars and community members.
Visit the Park
Getting to Dix Park
There are multiple entrances to Dorothea Dix Park. The most widely used entrances are Hunt Drive at Western Boulevard, South Boylan Avenue at Western Boulevard, Umstead Drive at Lake Wheeler Road, and Goode Street at Lake Wheeler Road. Because this is an active staff campus for the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) for the next few years, parking at Dorothea Dix Park is limited during business hours. On weekends, visitors may park in any of the parking areas striped green.
Hours
The temporary dog park is open to the public seven days a week from dawn until dusk. Dogs can run and play off-leash in this large grass -covered facility. Dogs mush be on-leash in all other areas of Dix Park. A new location for the dog park is coming spring 2022.