California
Santa Clara DMV: where to practice for the drive test
We found no drive-test routes for Santa Clara published on dmv.ca.gov, and no current pass rates by office. Here instead: 22 real spots within 1.1 mi of 3665 Flora Vista Ave, and what the examiner scores at each (DL 32).
What’s around Santa Clara DMV
3665 Flora Vista Ave, Santa Clara, CA 95051 DMV office page: Santa Clara
DMV’s office finder lists it first for Sunnyvale (94087), Cupertino (95014); second for Milpitas (95035). dmv.ca.gov: Office locations
- Traffic signals
- 62
- All-way stops
- 47
- Roundabouts
- 1
- Railroad crossings
- 0
- Bike lanes
- 14.8 mi
- Nearest freeway on-ramp
- none within 1.5 mi
- Steepest sampled half-block
- 2%
- Within 1 km (0.6 mi): 166 intersections, 15 of them signals and 13 all-way stops; top posted limit 50 mph.
- Flat: none of 34 sampled blocks reaches 5%; the ground varies by about 34 m in the whole circle.
- Speed limits are mapped on 66% of road length.
22 practice spots near Santa Clara DMV
OpenStreetMap data of 2026-10-12, grades from USGS; each line starts with the straight-line distance from the office. Not a route; signs on the street win. What DMV says about routes
Ways out of the lot 1
- Driveway onto Flora Vista Avenue 240 ft · 1 lane each way · posted 25 mph in 3D check on site Map
Junctions with no sign or signal mapped 1
- Haight Place & Stout Place 360 ft · crossroads in 3D check on site Map
Here 74% of side streets meeting a busier road have a mapped stop or yield sign, so one may be missing.
Center left-turn lanes 1
- Halford Avenue 1,520 ft Map
Crosswalks with no signal 1
- Benton Street 2,090 ft · on a busy road Map
Roundabouts 1
- Angelina Drive 1,400 ft · about 79 ft across · 1 lane Map
Where the speed limit changes 1
- Homestead Road 1.1 mi · the limit changes between 30 and 40 mph check on site Map
What’s scored, and where to practice it near Santa Clara
Practice them in 3D first
The list is free. The app’s 3D drive starts in the lot and takes in the 6 spots tagged “in 3D” (or one just like it next door). The 3D drive near Santa Clara DMV is in Complete, a one-time payment, not a subscription. Free to try first: the El Monte drive. Prices
Other test areas: El Monte, Pasadena, Daly City, or all of them.
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.