Main Library

Telephone Numbers
Reference Desk: 703-648-4302
Circulation Desk: 703-648-4301
FAX Number: 703-648-6373
TDD Number: 703-648-4105

Location
John Wesley Powell Building, Room 1D100

Hours
8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time
Monday through Friday
Closed Federal holidays

Electronic Mail Address
library@usgs.gov

Postal Address
U.S. Geological Survey Library
950 National Center, Room 1D100
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive
Reston, VA 20192

Contacts & Specialists

From the Capital Beltway:

• Take the exit for Dulles Airport/Toll Road (Route 267).
  • Exit on right if using the Outer Loop.
  • Exit on left if using the Inner Loop.
• Take Route 267 approximately 8 miles to Reston Parkway (Exit 12).
• After the toll booth, turn left on Reston Parkway.
• At the second light turn right on Sunrise Valley Drive.
• Travel 1/2 mile on Sunrise Valley Drive and turn left at the sign for the USGS.
• Follow signs to Visitor Parking.
• Enter the building at the doors closest to Visitor Parking.
• You will need to show identification and sign the visitors' log.
• The library is on the first floor adjacent to the auditorium.

From Dulles Airport:

• Travel east toward Washington, D.C. on Dulles Airport/Toll Road (Route 267).
• At Exit 11 merge right onto the Fairfax County Parkway.
• At the light, turn left on Sunrise Valley Drive.
• Travel 1/2 mile on Sunrise Valley Drive and turn right at the sign for the USGS.
• Follow signs to Visitor Parking.
• Enter the building at the doors closest to Visitor Parking.
• You will need to show identification and sign the visitors' log.
• The library is on the first floor adjacent to the auditorium.