I love this park! It is very pretty and a great way to escape the city and enjoy the nature. Its also very big, I still havent navigated the whole place. My favorite thing to do is come here for picnics, there are plenty of good grassy areas to do so. Check it out!

Great park. Lots of open fields, they had ones specific for dogs, but can take em on any really. Beautiful sunflower gsrden. Amazing view of the Raleigh skyline, beautiful in the morning. Lots of dog waste bins. A few Porta John restrooms. Overall great park. Lots of walking ability. Take your dog!

I gave a 4 star to Dorothea Dix Park ONLY because of my possible confusion of the location. Once there, I attended a group relax meeting, and it is a large large green space to run, fly kites, or a spaceship toy and a father and daughter did that day!MY EXPERIENCE---There are maybe two entrances to the park. I probably did some wrong turns because there are other green spaces, and possible picnic areas around in like city blocks, and saw some old buildings like empty warehouses and looked like 1970s medical buildings. Empty! Or looked like empty. Apparently the Health Department used a building there. So. They do have signs and street names, but you might want to ask for exact location from your group. I went Sunday about 5 pm. There were still people playing and cycling and skateboarding... But it there had been no people around. I would have panicked. But cool place to go and explore, early in the day!!!

Fun place to walk or just relax in the sun you never know what neat things you may run into

Lovely park. I like to come with my roommate and play frisbee/pass around a volleyball. We tried to find the comet NEOWISE here one evening and couldn’t seem to find it, not sure if it was too close to the treeline or clouds were blocking it.

My first time in Dorothea Dix park was beautiful. We had a quiet Sunday afternoon picnic with friends. There was tons of space so you could be as involved or isolated from others as you chose.

Thank you for taking the time to grow such beautiful sunflowers for the public to enjoy! Dorothea dix has done it again. They took the time to make an amazing sunflower garden for the public to come and view, take pictures at and enjoy. I think it’s amazing that this park continuously each year grows the sunflowers for the public. In addition, when reading one of the signs it notes that the location used to be a landfill and the sunflowers help to produce a healthier and environmentally friendly atmosphere - which is added bonus points!

Big open area, plenty of parking. Clean and mostly tidy. Great place to fly a drone.

We came for the sunflowers! We waited a week or 2 after it looked like they were blooming so we got a full dose of sunflower goodness. Id highly recommend this field for photographers, novice or professional. Such a lovely setting.

This is the most overrated spot in Raleigh. Its a large grass field with a closed insane asylum on the grounds. Not sure what the hype is about when there are plenty of other beautiful outdoor places in the city. The skyline views also no longer exist due to obstruction from the trees.

Great space for walking, jogging, picnicking, kite flying, relaxing. Lots of different places all over campus.

Beautiful park and alot of history. Great energy. Do not skip out on this park if youre a tourist.

Open area and big fields, dilapidated buildings, great for photos, nice view of downtown Raleigh skyline. Great place for picnics, family fun or dog walks. Not sure about BBQs though.

Pay attention to their website for any use rules. Evolving into a wonderful outdoor space. Well used and more events, uses coming

This is by far one of the best parks. The range of activities is unprecedented.

First time at the park and i love it and my little one as well!! Its huge, has amazing views to the city!! And the sunflowers are so pretty!!

Went for a socially distanced picnic here. The place is clean and theres a lot of parking space available. Great place to enjoy a day out in the sun.

Visited the location for dreamville festival, cant fully judge it because of the massive amount of people there and the fact it rained the day before. Other than that I found the layout to be very well structured. I definitely recommend

I regularly fly my drones there. Always fun.

This is one of my favorite spots in Downtown Raleigh to catch the sunset and see the city skyline. Great for picnics, family time, and photography. I can’t wait to see how the park evolves over the years.

Beautiful park and great open field for kids for picnic or kids to play

It was a massive and seemingly great spot for Dreamville festival. It was clean and managed to contain 40k of us incident free. I love J.Cole and the park :-)

Big open space but not much shade. Wasnt crowded though

This park has EVERYTHING. Graveyards, big fields, disc golf, departments of health and human services, porta-potties, sunflowers sometimes, derelict homes and buildings, a haunted old mental institute (just the foundation), trees, activities, bike paths, dirt bike paths, and more! Go out here.

Great place to go out with your family and when dreamville comes around

Calm, serene. Good place to involve in sports, dog walking, cycling (you have bicycles for rent also available there) or just chilling out.

“Dix” is a staple in our days and weeks. About a 2-3 mile walk to get around the park. Has an extra large field which is perfect for small or bigger community gatherings. Some people fly remote planes and there are city bikes you can rent per hour in the middle of the park. Also I’d you have need of getting on NCSU’s campus you can use the park and ride lot there.

Great place to relax, and enjoy the skyline views of Downtown Raleigh.

I like the spaciousness of Dorothea Dix. Great for walking and my favorite, biking!

The sunflower garden in late July is a perfect way to spend some time with family in the field of gold.

Great park to fly drones and kites.

This is way better than TX. I love North Carolina

Went here to check out the sunflowers and had a great time!!!

Dix park has such an interesting history and a great layout. I really enjoyed taking a tour of the old State Hospital and exploring the rest of the grounds. I visited right after they cut down the sun flowers, but it was still a beautiful area.

Its amazing this gem is sitting so close to downtown Raleigh! Theres a ton of history here for sure. This is a fantastic place to come walk, watch the sunset, play ultimate or football, walk dogs, or just get some fresh air near the city.

I was there for sun fest event. Due to the event, parking was allowed in the open field as well so no issues. We expected bit more for kid activities but there were very few. Some good pics overall and could spend an hour or so.

The sunflower field is amazing at the Park. There are lots of large open fields, which are great for drone flying or other electronic flying devices. Lots of trees line the park and parking was available along the street.

Love this park! It has everything you need and the sunflower festival is so much fun and beautiful. As you can imagine, it’s an Photographer and Instagram dream come true. My friend brought me for my first time since I was having a rough week. It didn’t disappoint at all. Parking was tight since it was a popular attraction but well worth it! I’ll be going back to walk my dogs around and enjoy everything this park has to offer!

This park is HUGE! I got in a good walk and meditation session without any interruption

Love this place, well kept, clean, nice place to unwind .

Lots of space for any and every activity you select. So much land with potential for helping the city of Raleigh. I have seen homes and buildings vacant and could help slot of the homeless people and low income housing. Check it out when you go

It was kept up better when the State had it :-/

Nice huge open space. Lots of room to carve out your own little spot for the day or to attend an event.

Open space and shade. Wonderful space

Great spot for a picnic with friends family and pets

Been going there regularly for years. Now that it is a destination, I go there even more. The city acquired a gem when it got this property. If you havent been there, stop reading this and go already. It has scenery, secluded spots, open fields, and lots of places to be romantic...or not. Whatever you want to do, there is a reasonable facsimile of it here. Although it is primarily just land, I suppose it will have a decent playground at some point, and other park like facilities installed in the future. I am excited to see how it metamorphoses over the years.

This is an awesome place if youre looking to go take some photos. Its not crowded and you can see the Raleigh Skyline . This is a perfect spot to watch the sun set over Raleigh

Best social distanced activity :)

We attended the Fall Festival this past Saturday 10/19/19. Not only was the weather fantastic but the event was well planned and setup. There were tons of beer vendors, bands, a dance stage, and food trucks as far as the eye could see. I would have liked to have seen more vendors for crafts/art. It is a great venue for these events.

Visited on July 27th and the sunflowers were past their peek but still fun to photograph. Lots of birds, butterflies and bees.

Wide open spaces, lots of shady spots to chill, great COVID spot!!

Must see this five acre sunflower field if you visit Raleigh Durham in the Summer. There is a Saturday festival in mid July. Great photo opps! Wear closed toe shoes and hat. Watch for bees; they were on the flowers, not flying around. The flowers were beautiful and it was a fun stop to take pictures. Not a park. Grateful the city is using the space in an unique, beautiful green way!

During the time the sunflowers are blooming this is a great place to get some sunflower pics that youve been wanting! This place is very cool because there are so many social events that go on that the whole community is impacted in a positive way. Awhile back I went to Dreamville which was located on this park. Was such a success!

Love to walk here I was really surprised of what type of workout I can achieve. Good place for walking,bikes & of course the dog park to let your pet to be free.

Beautiful place, the trees are just wonderful

An awesome outdoor area for kids to run and play.

Great views of the city. Also great for sledding in the winter.

I was there for dreamville fest! excellent set up for a festival minus parking!

I found this excellent park on Instagram by chance and decided to have a visit in this weekend.There is a fleamarket open on Saturday in which people were gathering here,eating food and enjoying music.At the sunflower fields,visitors took pictures or selfies.What a wonderful day!

Great place to chill relax or exercise.

Dorothea Dix Park was huge but very beautiful and well cared for, even with 40,000 people in it lol. We went to the dreamville festival and it was awesome. I only wish they had public restrooms for us instead of porta potties.

Absolutely Beautiful park with very large open field. Plenty of room for activities even on moderately busy days. Popular place for r.c. planes, kites, and drones.

Huge open field and down below great view of downtown

Always Love Dorothea Dix Park. Very open and very clean and always very peaceful.

Nice open space that should remain that way

I love taking my little one here, to run free. Its great for family outings.

Good selection of food trucks and vendors at the Falling for Local event on October 19. Several great breweries there too. An event you could bring all the family including your p.ups

Here for the pirate fest. Got to meet pirate Steve of ECU fame and watched as they set off canons! Fun was had by all!

Great park for walking or flying small RC planes

Very relaxing picnic in the park.

It was very busy when I went, but it was certainly a fun sight to see!

The best place to have downtown views in Raleigh.This park is huge in area and ample of parking spaces available. Since 2018, they even started hosting sunflower garden in summer months. It is too beautiful.They have wide variety of trees/plants/flowers in park.It is best place for pets too. Pets enjoy this place. This place is usually crowded in summer. People bring there picnic stuff here. you can even see some artists enjoying drawings/paintings around. It is happening place and still lot closer to busy city. You can even get lime bikes here and enjoy rides.There is no food place nearby so bring water and quick food with you if you are going to be there for a while.

Came here for Dreamville Festival. Dope venue, spacious.

Great to go to in the summer when they offer the sunflower festival!

Attend the fall festival in the park. I Enjoyed a hay ride with my son.

Dorthea Dix is breath takingly beautiful. Not only are there the sunflower fields in the summer, but the rest of the park is amazing as well. I personally really enjoy a nice early morning jog around the field. They have an extensive master plan to revamp the rest of the park, and I absolutely cannot wait.

Very open. Clean. Peaceful. Great place for outdoor activities.

I love the new dog park! We used to come here for the pop up dog park events every couple of months and I’m so glad they made it a permanent one!!!! The only dog park I’ve found with grass instead of mulch. It’s big and open with plenty of shade. I love living so close, I take my dog almost every day!

Great views from the park and plenty of room to run, rode bikes, whatever!!

Nice view. Not a lot of things to do

Love it just wish there wasnt a giant fence between it and the Farmers Market

I was employed as a social worker at Dorothea Dix Hospital from 1978-1985. During that period of time the location for the current Dix Park Soccer field was utilized as a waste management sight. I wonder if the parents of the children who play on that field are aware of the toxic exposure.

Must see this five acre sunflower field if you visit Raleigh Durham in the Summer. There is a Saturday festival in mid July. Great photo opps! Wear closed toe shoes and hat. Watch for bees; they were on the flowers, not flying around. The garden comes alive with plenty of daffodils in the spring! Very colorful. A popular spot for some photos. There is also a nice view of downtown. Otherwise, not much of a space.

Great place to relax or be active. Good place to fly drones too. Here is a panoramic view.

I love that they turned this property into something so useful and enjoyable by Triangle residents. There is plenty of space and lots of large, open fields. Plenty of shaded areas as well. Just be sure to bring your own water, snacks, etc... There are no amenities besides porto-potties.

Went here for Dreamvillle Fest, despite the rain, there wasnt that many puddles but everyones shoes left muddy. Definitely not the place for sandals after raining. The logistics and set up of the concert was dope. Enjoyed myself. Wish there was better parking options on the campus so traffic wouldnt be backed up leaving.

Nice place for a wak

Beautiful, spacious park. Great for walking the dog or enjoying a sunny day with friends and puppies!

Very large Park and beautiful area. Great place to get a skyline picture of Raleigh.

Great festival cant wait until next year.

Fantastic park! We came for the Pirate Festival but we will be back to explore the rest of the park itself. Very spacious and perfect for picnics!!

Had a group tour of the park led by the President of the Six Park Conservancy. Fabulous tour, and plans for the park.

We visited the sunflower fields during a family fun day. Wide open spaces!

Went to the The Dreamville Festival here at Dorthea Dix park. Its a beautiful park but the weather conditions the day before were terrible which made it a muddy mess. Overall its a beautiful park

Very nice area

Clean, spacious fields. Perfect for ultimate Frisbee

Love love LOVE the events here...and theyre FREE!

Open field area to fly a drone or sit along the sides under a shade tree.

Pirate fest at dix park was so much fun.

Beautiful parka with lots of great events. This is a great place to come chill and hang out. Dont miss the sun flowers in the summer!