WRAL Nights of Lights
Join us for a new, family friendly, COVID-safe holiday drive-thru experience inside Dix Park. Along the route, attendees will enjoy illuminated oaks, lights festive light displays, and local art installations .
Chapel Renovations Underway
As a place that honors the past, celebrates the present and inspires the future, the chapel and its grounds will demonstrate the transformative power of Dix Park.
Plaza & Play - Share Your Feedback
Take the Post-Event Survey, which includes the Live Poll questions that were asked during the first public meeting. Additional engagement activities are also available for adults and kids to share your ideas.
Join us to get an on-the-ground view of the Plaza & Play project area as we begin the design process.
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.
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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
We heard from many community members that they desired a place to let their dogs run free while at the park, so we have transformed the former Athletic Field into a temporary dog park, open to the public seven days a week. This facility provides a much needed off-leash dog area for park visitors, with all other areas of Dix Park requiring dogs to be on-leash.