Ithaca, New York DMV Driving Test Routes

Practice your Ithaca driving test route

Real routes used for the Ithaca New York DMV road test site at Third St at Adams St, delivered as a Google Maps GPS navigation file with turn-by-turn instructions included. No app, no account, no subscription.

Ithaca DMV road test site details

Location: Third St at Adams St, Ithaca, NY 14850
Phone: (518) 402-2100
Hours: By appointment only, scheduled through MyDMV or by phone.
Map: View on Google Maps
Street view: Preview the location on Google Street View

Third Street facing Adams Street; the starting point is curbside on Third Street.

Other New York DMV road test sites near Ithaca

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

• Watkins Glen DMV testing site: 23.64 miles, about 41 minutes
• Cortland DMV testing site: 26.71 miles, about 43 minutes
• Owego DMV testing site: 31.39 miles, about 51 minutes

This driving test route runs 9.22 miles and takes about 25 minutes:

1. Drive northwest, 0.04 miles.
2. Turn left onto Adams Street, 0.03 miles.
3. Turn right onto Third Street, 0.09 miles.
4. Turn right onto NY 13/NY 34/North Meadow Street. Continue on NY 13, 2.45 miles.
5. Drive east on NY 13/State Route 13, 1.44 miles.
6. Turn right onto Warren Road, 1.55 miles.
7. Drive south on Warren Road/CR 121, 0.60 miles.
8. Turn right onto Forest Home Drive, 0.12 miles.
9. Turn right onto Pleasant Grove Road, 0.25 miles.
10. Turn left onto Cradit Farm Drive, 0.53 miles.
11. Turn left onto Thurston Avenue, 0.11 miles.
12. Bear right onto University Avenue, 0.60 miles.
13. Turn left to stay on University Avenue, 0.18 miles.
14. Drive south on University Avenue, 0.34 miles.
15. Turn right onto East Court Street, 0.24 miles.
16. Turn right onto North Cayuga Street, 0.14 miles.
17. Turn left onto Cascadilla Street, 0.22 miles.
18. Turn right onto Third Street, 0.23 miles.
19. Turn right onto Adams Street, 0.03 miles.
20. Turn right, 0.04 miles.
21. Your destination is on the left.

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

Route breakdown

• Distance: 9.22 miles
• Duration: about 25 minutes
• Turns: 16 total, 5 left and 10 right, plus a bear right
• Longest stretch: NY 13/NY 34/North Meadow Street, 2.45 miles

What to expect on the roads this route covers

NY 13/NY 34/North Meadow Street dominates this driving test route at 2.45 miles, over a quarter of the entire route.

Tips for this specific route

• Get comfortable holding speed on NY 13/NY 34/North Meadow Street. It carries over a quarter of this route's total distance.
• This route includes a real interchange with a limited-access highway (State Route 13): genuine freeway-style merging.
• At 25 minutes for 9.22 miles, this route has a notably slow overall pace, one of the slowest in this catalog.