LWS CDAW     Mar. 14-16, 2005,  Fairfax, VA  CME, ICME and Geomagnetic Storm

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Meeting Location

    The meeting is held at the Fairfax Campus of George Mason University (GMU). It is located in the Fairfax city of Virginia state, which is only about 10 miles west of Washington, D.C.  The address is

    George Mason University (GMU)
    4400 University Drive
    Fairfax, Virginia 22030
    USA

     The meeting location is at the Enterprise Hall  in the campus. A campus map in PDF format can be downloaded here. Note that Enterprise Hall is building number 9 in the campus map.


Driving  Directions and Parking

    Detailed driving directions to Fairfax campus, George Mason University can be found here.

    Please park in the Parking Deck (number 74 in the campus map). An information kiosk is located outside the third level of the deck to help navigate the campus. It is about a few minutes walking from the Parking Deck to the Enterprise Hall. Courtesy to GMU School of Computational Sciences, the parking will be free after taking the parking voucher sticker at the meeting help desk.

Hotel

  A group arrangement has been made with the hotel Best Western - Fairfax with a guaranteed low rate of $69.00/per night from March 13 (Sunday) to March 17 (Thursday). To make reservation, please call  the hotel at 1-866-value4bed (toll-free), or 1-703-591-5500, before Feb. 27, referring to "NASA meeting at George Mason University". The group rate expires on Feb. 27. The address of the hotel is
   
    Best Western - Fairfax
    Route 123 & I 66
    3535 Chain Bridge Rd.
    Fairfax, VA 22030
    1-866-value4bed (toll free)
    1-703-591-5500
    http://www.bestwesternfairfax.com/
   
    Best Western - Fairfax hotel provides free high-speed Wi-Fi and jack-line internet access.
    From Airport to Hotel, $25 by TAXI  or Shuttle Bus
    From Hotel to Meeting Location, $0.50 by city CUE Bus.
 
    In addition to Best Western - Fairfax, there are several other hotels nearby for your choice (at the hotel retail rate).

From Hotel to Meeting Location

    The Best Western - Fairfax hotel is about 2.5 miles from the George Mason University.

    The city's CUE Bus system provides regularly scheduled, low-cost service to George Mason University, to shopping centers and other locations within the City of Fairfax.  It also serves as a feeder network to the Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Metrorail Station. Fare is 50¢.

    From Best Western (stop 17) to GMU (stop 30), take Green 2
    From GMU (stop 30) to Best Western (stop 17), take Green 1

    Here is a link to the Fairfax city CUE Bus system. The CUE bus map (PDF format) can also be downloaded here. The Green  Route  schedule  (PDF format) can be  downloaded here.

Airport

    1. Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD): Approximately driving time is 20 minutes and distance is 12 miles

    2. Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA): Approximately driving time is 25 minutes and distance is 15 miles.

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Last Modified: Jan. 04, 2005