Nights of Lights
WRAL Nights of Lights is back at Dix Park with more lights, more nights, and fewer cars! Get important information and purchase your tickets for Friday, November 26 through Friday, December 24.
In Plain Sight
November is Native American Heritage Month. Learn more about a recent artifact discovery and Indigenous communities living in North Carolina today by watching our Legacy Series: In Plain Sight.
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!
The Dix Park Leadership Committee exists to provide guidance to City staff, the Conservancy, and other partners on the implementation of the Dorothea Dix Park Master Plan.
North Carolina-raised, Grammy Award-winning, and multi-platinum hip-hop artist J. Cole's Dreamville Festival returns next spring - expanding to two days - at Dorothea Dix Park.
Dates: Saturday, April 2 + Sunday, April 3, 2022
North Carolina-raised, Grammy Award-winning, and multi-platinum hip-hop artist J. Cole's Dreamville Festival returns next spring - expanding to two days - at Dorothea Dix Park.
Dates: Saturday, April 2 + Sunday, April 3, 2022
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.