The Center for
Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies

Contact Information

Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (COLA)
280 Research Hall, Mail Stop 6C5
George Mason University
4400 University Drive
Fairfax, VA 22030 USA

Phone #: 703-993-5700
Fax #: 703-993-5770

Driving Directions

COLA is located in Research Hall on the Fairfax campus of George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. Visitor parking is available on the lower level of the the Shenandoah Parking Deck, which is accessed from Sandy Creek Way. The COLA main office is in Room 280 in Research Hall which is next to the Shenandoah Parking Deck.

Driving directions to Mason’s Fairfax campus are available here, and a detailed campus map is available here.
Below are more specific instructions for getting to Sandy Creek Way:

• If entering the campus from Braddock Road westbound:
  turn right onto Nottoway River Lane,
  take the first right onto Patriot Circle,
  then take the second left onto Sandy Creek Way. 

• If entering the campus from Route 123 (Ox Road) southbound:
  turn left onto University Drive,
  then take the 6th right onto Sandy Creek Way. 

• If entering the campus from Route 123 (Ox Road) northbound:
  turn right onto Braddock Road,
  turn left onto Roanoke River Road which becomes Patriot Circle,
  then take the 4th left onto Sandy Creek Way. 

Regional Map

COLA's location on the Fairfax campus of George Mason University is marked in red.
The three major airports in the area are marked in blue.

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