Setting: The Field Research Station, situated amid the coastal redwoods near Gazos Creek, includes a lodge, two classrooms and twenty small cabins and is an outstanding and beautiful place for outdoor education programs.

Goals: Our goal is to create a self-supporting environmental education center that offers practical classes in sustainable natural resource managment and environmental restoration and provides the Pescadero area community with informaton on natural resources and land restoration.

Our education programs provide young people and adults with opportunities to develop skills for the sustainable management of the community’s natural environment. We integrate educational activities with real life projects in environmental research, land stewardship, and community cooperation.

Who will use the Field Research Station: The Research Station at Gazos Creek will be available to academic researchers and their students, visiting scholars, weekend guests and Elder Hostels, conferences and retreats.

Current Operational Status: The Research Station is not open at this time. Please contact Randy Bennett (650-714-7921) or John Wade (650-879-1441) for additional information. Directions

History of the Gazos Creek site: PCA is not the first group to occupy this beautiful site. Read about the camp's interesting history, which goes back to the 1870's.

Directions to Field Research Station 
Please note: The Research Station is currently not open.

Take Highway 92 west to Half Moon Bay or Highway 84 west to San Gregorio. Turn left onto Highway 1 and continue driving south past Pescadero and past Pigeon Point Lighthouse. After about 2 miles, turn left onto Gazos Creek Road just after Gazos Creek State Beach. Drive 5.6 miles on Gazos Creek Road, staying right at the intersection with Cloverdale Road. The Field Research Station is at the end of the paved road. Watch for the PCA sign and entrance on your left. Road Map