Arleta DMV Driving Test Routes

Practice your Arleta DMV road test route

Real routes used for the Arleta DMV field office at 14400 Van Nuys Blvd, delivered as a Google Maps GPS navigation file with a printable map and turn-by-turn instructions included. No app, no account, no subscription.

Arleta DMV office details

Address: 14400 Van Nuys Blvd, Arleta, CA 91331
Phone: (800) 777-0133
Hours: Monday and Tuesday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday and Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed Saturday and Sunday.
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Beyond driving and written knowledge tests, this office handles driver's license and ID card applications and renewals, vehicle registration and title transfers, license plate issuance, and replacement of lost, stolen, or damaged licenses and IDs. A self-service kiosk is available if you're just renewing and want to skip the line, and the office accepts cash, checks, credit and debit cards, digital wallets, and money orders.

Other DMV offices near Arleta

If your appointment ends up at a different nearby office, or you're comparing wait times before booking, here's how far each one actually is by road, not straight-line distance:

• Van Nuys DMV: 8.17 miles, about 17 minutes
• Winnetka DMV: 11.15 miles, about 30 minutes
• Newhall DMV: 14.45 miles, about 25 minutes

This sample route runs 5.64 miles and takes about 27 minutes:

1. Drive southeast, 0.14 miles.
2. Turn right onto Canterbury Avenue, 1.29 miles.
3. Turn right onto Montague Street, 0.13 miles.
4. Continue southwest on Montague Street, 0.37 miles.
5. Bear right onto Parthenia Street, 0.81 miles.
6. Turn left onto Van Nuys Boulevard, 0.06 miles.
7. Turn right onto Parthenia Street, 0.67 miles.
8. Continue onto Noble Avenue, 0.50 miles.
9. Turn right onto Nordhoff Street, 0.62 miles.
10. Turn left onto Van Nuys Boulevard, 1.02 miles.
11. Turn right, then turn right again.
12. Your destination is on the right.

This is a sample route only. The full, current set of Arleta routes is included in the download.

Route breakdown

• Distance: 5.64 miles
• Duration: about 27 minutes
• Turns: 9 total, 7 right and 2 left
• Longest stretch: Canterbury Avenue, 1.29 miles

What to expect on the roads this route covers

Canterbury Avenue is where you'll spend the most time on this route, over a mile of it, so it's a good stretch to settle into a steady pace before the turns start coming more often. From there, Montague Street and Parthenia Street bring a run of direction changes packed into just over a mile, including a bear-right onto Parthenia that's easy to take too sharply if you're not expecting it. Two roads on this route carry more traffic than the rest: Van Nuys Boulevard, which the DMV office itself sits on, and Nordhoff Street, both classed as primary roads rather than the residential streets that make up most of the drive. You'll cross both of them, so treat those stretches with more attention than the quieter blocks around Canterbury and Noble Avenue. Arleta High School sits directly on the Van Nuys Boulevard stretch of this route, so expect school-zone traffic and pedestrians there, particularly around arrival and dismissal times.

Tips for this specific route

• Treat Van Nuys Boulevard and Nordhoff Street as the busiest parts of your drive. They're the only two primary roads on this route, so expect more traffic and pedestrians there than on the residential streets that make up the rest of it.
• Don't cut the bear-right onto Parthenia Street. It comes right after a long, straight stretch on Canterbury Avenue, and that kind of transition is exactly where drivers get complacent and turn too sharply.
• Expect turns to come in bursts, not evenly. This route has 9 turns packed into 5.64 miles, but they cluster around Montague and Parthenia Streets rather than spreading out evenly, so stay alert through that middle section specifically.
• Signal early on Canterbury Avenue. It's residential and mostly straight, which makes it easy to leave your signal late since nothing forces you to think about it in advance.
• Drive smoothly and confidently. Hesitation at intersections is marked the same way poor decision making is.