Costa Mesa DMV Driving Test Routes

Practice your Costa Mesa DMV road test route

Real routes used for the Costa Mesa DMV field office at 650 West 19th Street, delivered as a Google Maps GPS navigation file with a printable map and turn-by-turn instructions included. No app, no account, no subscription.

Costa Mesa DMV office details

Address: 650 West 19th Street, Costa Mesa, CA 92627
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 applications and renewals, ID card services, vehicle registration and title transfers, license plate issuance, and replacement of lost or damaged documents. A self-service kiosk is available for select transactions, and the office accepts cash, checks, credit and debit cards, digital wallets, and money orders.

Other DMV offices near Costa Mesa

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

• Santa Ana DMV: 12.09 miles, about 23 minutes

This sample route runs 7.48 miles and takes about 23 minutes:

1. Drive west, 0.07 miles.
2. Turn right onto West 19th Street, 0.36 miles.
3. Turn right onto Placentia Avenue, 0.63 miles.
4. Turn left onto Victoria Street, 1.27 miles.
5. Turn left onto Brookhurst Street, 1.11 miles.
6. Drive southwest on Brookhurst Street, 0.14 miles.
7. Turn left onto CA 1/Pacific Coast Highway, continuing on CA 1, 1.70 miles.
8. Turn left onto Superior Avenue, 0.59 miles.
9. Bear left onto Placentia Avenue, 0.29 miles.
10. Drive north on Placentia Avenue, 0.78 miles.
11. Turn right onto West 19th Street, 0.42 miles.
12. Turn left onto Meyer Place, 0.06 miles.
13. Turn left, 0.04 miles.
14. Your destination is on the left.

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

Route breakdown

• Distance: 7.48 miles
• Duration: about 23 minutes
• Turns: 10 total, 3 right and 7 left
• Longest stretch: Pacific Coast Highway, 1.70 miles

What to expect on the roads this route covers

Pacific Coast Highway, signed as CA-1, is the longest single stretch on this route at 1.70 miles and the only road classed as trunk, well above the primary and secondary streets around it. Brookhurst Street is the only other road classed above secondary, primary. Page Academy sits directly on Victoria Street, one of the longer stretches at 1.27 miles, and Matt Kline Head Start sits on Meyer Place near the very end of the route, so expect school and childcare traffic at both points, not just one.

Tips for this specific route

• Treat Pacific Coast Highway as the fastest-moving part of your drive. It's the longest single stretch on the route at 1.70 miles and the only road classed trunk, well above everything else on this route.
• Treat Brookhurst Street as the second-busiest stretch. It's the only other road classed above secondary, primary.
• Watch for school and childcare traffic on two separate streets. Page Academy sits on Victoria Street and Matt Kline Head Start sits on Meyer Place near the end of the route.
• Expect more left turns than right. Seven of the 10 turns on this route are lefts.
• Drive smoothly and confidently. Hesitation at intersections is marked the same way poor decision making is.