Dix Hill
Dix Hill is the informal name for a high, rolling expanse of land and national historic district located at Raleigh, North Carolina.

Dix Hill is the informal name for a high, rolling expanse of land and national historic district located at Raleigh, North Carolina. The district encompasses 18 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 3 contributing structures. It includes notable examples of Colonial Revival, Bungalow / American Craftsman, and Stick Style / Eastlake movement architecture. The Dorothea Dix Hospital, a historic institution caring for the mentally ill, was located on the site. Many of the hospital buildings, developed between about 1856 and 1940, are still there. The Dix Hill Historic District is now part of Raleigh's 308-acre Dix Park.
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Worth seeing in and around Dix Hill
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01North Carolina State University
North Carolina State University is a public land-grant research university in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1887 by the North Carolina General Assembly as an agricultural and mechanical college, it is the largest university in the Carolinas and a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina system.
2.6 km · public research university in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States · Wikipedia - 02Diocese of Raleigh
The Diocese of Raleigh is a diocese of the Catholic Church that covers eastern North Carolina in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Atlanta.
1.9 km · diocese of the Catholic Church in the United States · Wikipedia - 03North Carolina State Capitol
The North Carolina State Capitol is the former seat of the legislature of the U.S. state of North Carolina which housed all of the state's government until 1888. The Supreme Court and State Library moved into a separate building in 1888, and the General Assembly moved into the State Legislative Building in 1963.
1.9 km · state capitol building of the U.S. state of North Carolina · Wikipedia - 04Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral, Raleigh
Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral is a Catholic cathedral that is the seat of the Diocese of Raleigh in Raleigh, North Carolina, in the United States. It replaced Sacred Heart Cathedral.
1.8 km · church in North Carolina, United States · Wikipedia - 05North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences is a natural history museum in Raleigh, North Carolina. The museum is the oldest in the state, and the largest natural history museum in the Southeastern United States.
2 km · North Carolina’s state museum for science and nature, located in Raleigh · Wikipedia - 06Sacred Heart Cathedral
Sacred Heart Church is a Catholic church located on Hillsborough Street in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. The church served as the cathedral of the Diocese of Raleigh from 1924 to 2017.
1.8 km · cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Raleigh · Wikipedia - 07Pullen Park
Pullen Park is a 66.4-acre public park immediately west of downtown Raleigh, North Carolina. It is located on Ashe Avenue and is adjacent to the Main and Centennial campuses of North Carolina State University, covering an area between Western Boulevard and historic Hillsborough Street.
1.6 km · park in North Carolina, United States of America, United States of America · Wikipedia - 08Shaw University
Shaw University is a private historically Black university in Raleigh, North Carolina. Founded on December 1, 1865, Shaw University is the oldest HBCU to begin offering courses in the Southern United States.
1.7 km · American university · Wikipedia - 09Reynolds Coliseum
William Neal Reynolds Coliseum is a multi-purpose arena located in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States, on the campus of North Carolina State University. The arena was built to host a variety of events, including agricultural expositions and NC State basketball games.
2.2 km · multi-purpose arena in Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. · Wikipedia - 10First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church of Raleigh is located in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina. The church was the first Baptist church in the city of Raleigh, organized in 1812, and is one of the oldest churches in the area.
1.9 km · church in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States · Wikipedia
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Getting to Dix Hill
- Airports
- Raleigh-Durham (RDU), 17 km · Piedmont Triad (GSO), 121 km · Charlotte Douglas (CLT), 216 km
- Greensboro → Dix HillTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Charlotte → Dix HillTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
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No local-transport research exists yet for Dix Hill
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Dix Hill. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Dix Hill
Dix Hill is 1 km from Raleigh, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- East Raleigh-South Park Historic Districthuman settlement in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America1.9 km
- Historic Oakwoodhuman settlement in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America2.7 km
- Depot Historic Districthuman settlement in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America1.4 km