Gainesville, Texas DPS Driving Test Routes

Practice your Gainesville driving test route

Real routes used for the Gainesville Texas DPS driver license office at 206 W California St, delivered as a Google Maps GPS navigation file with turn-by-turn instructions included. No app, no account, no subscription.

Gainesville DPS driver license office details

Location: 206 W California St, Gainesville, TX 76240
Phone: (940) 665-3924
Hours: Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed for lunch, noon to 1 p.m. By appointment only.
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Other DPS driver license offices near Gainesville

If your appointment ends up at a different nearby office, here's how far each one actually is to drive from this location:

• Denton DPS driver license office: 35.93 miles, about 41 minutes
• Lewisville DPS driver license office: 45.95 miles, about 49 minutes
• Carrollton (Mega Center) DPS driver license office: 52.92 miles, about 57 minutes

This road test route runs 9.54 miles and takes about 21 minutes:

1. Drive east on West California Street/FM 51, 2.36 miles.
2. Turn right onto South Radio Hill Road/FM 3092/Farm-to-Market Road 3092, 0.53 miles.
3. Drive south on South Radio Hill Road/FM 3092/Farm-to-Market Road 3092. Continue on FM 3092/Farm-to-Market Road 3092, 1.81 miles.
4. Turn right onto Farm-to-Market Road 902/FM 902, 0.57 miles.
5. Drive west on Farm-to-Market Road 902/FM 902, 0.71 miles.
6. Turn right onto South Farm-to-Market Road 372/FM 372. Continue on FM 372, 1.01 miles.
7. Turn left onto Anthony Street/FM 372. Continue on Anthony Street, 0.56 miles.
8. Turn left onto Cole Street, 0.07 miles.
9. Turn right to stay on Cole Street, 0.27 miles.
10. Turn right onto Lindsay Street, 0.06 miles.
11. Turn left onto Frasher Street, 0.42 miles.
12. Turn right onto County Road 218, 0.21 miles.
13. Drive north on County Road 218, 0.88 miles.
14. Turn right onto West California Street/FM 51, 0.08 miles.
15. Your destination is on the right.

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

Route breakdown

• Distance: 9.54 miles
• Duration: about 21 minutes
• Turns: 10 total, 3 left and 7 right
• Longest stretch: West California Street/FM 51, 2.44 miles

What to expect on the roads this route covers

West California Street dominates this driving test route at 2.44 miles under the FM 51 designation, close to a quarter of the entire route, right at the office's own address, a real farm-to-market highway.

Tips for this specific route

• Get comfortable holding speed on West California Street. It carries close to a quarter of this route's total distance, right at the test-start point.
• Expect a heavily right-leaning turn pattern: 7 of the 10 turns on this route are rights.
• This route runs 9.54 miles with 10 turns, a moderate pace worth a full practice pass before test day.