Raleigh Beach — Attraction in Raleigh

This was a short stop along the way on my quest to find a nice swimming area near Raleigh.

It’s Hazardous situation in and out of the water. I agree with what was mentioned as dirty or hazardous by other reviewers.

Muddy parking lot. Be careful where you step even in shoes or sandals… i got some mud on my foot (no cuts i could see) and cleaned it off. It started burning while on my way home, and I had to soak my foot later on in epsom salt and iodine in a footbath!

Sewage treatment plant facility right next to the beach and parking lot. Absolutely disgusting. Could this be contaminating the soil and beach sand i wonder, especially during heavy rains? Definately smells pretty bad.

Cigarette butts in the sand by the river beach. Some shady areas and pretty busy. Definitely warm murky shallow water but wasnt very appealing to me. Overflowing trash bins in the center of the parking lot.

I was not impressed and wouldn’t visit again to say the least. I will try for Surf City or something around Wilmington next time. Also I would highly recommend any of the outer banks areas. I have heard Carolina Beach...

Definitely a family friendly spot on the river. I've only ever parked here to jump on the Neuse River Greenway, but there were plenty of families enjoying picnics and letting their kids play in the River. Luckily, the river generally tests as safe up around this park. It's when you start going south of Anderson Point Park where Crabtree Creek & Walnut Creek dump all of Raleigh's trash water run off into the Neuse where everything south of it has unsafe bacteria leaves. It would be great if Wake County could build a water filtration plant where these creeks empty...

This place is closed and fenced, and there's nothing but apartments all around it. There is no parking, so you risk having your vehicle towed if you park in the apartment's parking lot. So if there was a place to park I would highly highly recommend this place because it's an incredibly cool place to swim and to hang out. But since there's no parking anywhere nearby, there's no reason to go here. It should be marked on Google as closed to the public because...