Food Truck Pop-Ups
Enjoy a rotating variety of local street food and desserts each week at the Magnolia Room. Saturdays, September 2 – October 28 from 11:00 am – 2:00 pm. Check out the food tuck line up at the link below.
*No Food Truck Pop-Up Saturday, September 16
Fall Programs + Events
Enjoy a seasonal twist on your favorite classes and activities - or try something new. For a list of all programs and community events, check out our fall guide below. Mark your calendars for signup dates as spots fill up quickly!
Cultural Interpretation Plan
The goal of this plan is to explore the complex history and many stories of the park site, and make recommendations for how visitors will learn about and experience this history in the future of the park. We want to hear from you!
Train your eyes and ears for urban birding! Learn about the resident and migrant birds of Dix Park and sharpen your bird identification skills as we practice birding by sight and by ear to prepare for fall migration. Get ready to learn tips for identifying sparrows, woodpeckers, hawks and more.
Connect with nature through the senses of sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch.
In Japan, forest walks, known as shinrin-yoku , ‘bathing in the forest atmosphere’, are a key aspect of preventative health care.
Junior naturalists will discover just what’s happening inside of trees by dressing in their very own tree costumes.
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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
At the Dog Park dogs can run and play off-leash. Dogs must be on-leash in all other areas of Dix Park.
Find directions and parking info at the link below.