Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (COLA)
280 Research Hall, Mail Stop 6C5
George Mason University
4400 University Drive
Fairfax, VA 22030 USA
Main Phone #: 703-993-5700
Fax #: 703-993-5770
IGES Business Office
11300 Rockville Pike, Suite 101
Rockville, MD 20852
Phone #: 301-595-7000
Fax #: 240-669-9363
Driving Directions
COLA is located in Research Hall on the Fairfax campus of George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. Directions to Mason’s Fairfax campus are available here: http://www.gmu.edu/resources/welcome/Directions/Directions-to-Fairfax.html
If entering the campus from Braddock Road westbound, turn right onto Nottoway River Lane, then take the first right onto Patriot Circle, and then the second left onto Sandy Creek Way.
If entering the campus from Route 123 (Ox Road) southbound, turn left onto University Drive and then take the 6th right onto Sandy Creek Way.
If entering the campus from Route 123 (Ox Road) northbound, turn right onto Braddock Road, then turn left onto Roanoke River Road which becomes Patriot Circle, and then take the 4th left onto Sandy Creek Way.
Visitor parking is available on Sandy Creek Way in the Shenandoah Parking Deck (lower level). The COLA main office is in Room 280 in Research Hall next to the parking deck.
Regional Map
In the map below, COLA's location on the Fairfax campus of George Mason University is marked in red, and the three major airports in the area are marked in blue.
