GTA VI map: Leonida and Vice City

GTA VI is set in the state of Leonida, a fictional Florida with Vice City at its center. Rockstar has named six regions and five neighborhoods, has published no map, and has never given a size figure. Here's what exists, and what's being estimated out there.

Last updated: July 30, 2026

Leonida: a state, not a city

Leonida is the fictional version of Florida, and what you travel is the whole state, not just its metropolis. Rockstar has named six regions: Vice City, the Grassrivers wetlands, the Leonida Keys archipelago, the coastal city of Port Gellhorn, Ambrosia, and Mount Kalaga National Park. Three have a recognisable real counterpart — Miami, the Everglades and the Florida Keys; for Ambrosia and Port Gellhorn little more than the name is known. Each one is broken down below.

Vice City and its neighborhoods

Vice City is the state's big city. The confirmed neighborhoods are Ocean Beach, South Beach, Washington Beach, Little Havana and Little Haiti. Four of the five already existed in 2002's Vice City: the only one new to the series is South Beach, which is also a real Miami name. That points to a rebuild of that city rather than a different one wearing the name — but that's our reading: Rockstar hasn't confirmed any continuity between the two games.

What changed since 2002's Vice City

The 2002 game was a city split across two islands, set in 1986, on a map far smaller than any modern GTA. In GTA VI the city is one piece of a state that also holds swamps, keys and a national park, with highway in between. The setting moves too: the trailers show present-day phones and social media, against the original's eighties.

Size: where the twice-as-big figure comes from

Rockstar has published no square mileage and no comparison with earlier entries. The number going around — roughly twice the size of GTA V's map — is a community estimate, measured on layouts that fans rebuild from trailer frames and the real Florida coastline. It's useful for an order of magnitude; it is not a fact. We publish it as what it is: an estimate with no official source.

Fan maps: how to read them

The detailed maps going around, with roads and place names, are not Rockstar's. They're assembled by cross-referencing trailer frames, promotional stills and real Florida geography, and they get corrected every time a new frame appears. As a reference they help; as a source they don't — a map like that can nail the coastline and miss everything inland. The diagram on this page only draws the confirmed regions, without inventing their exact shape.

What isn't known about the map

There's no confirmation on whether the whole state is reachable from the start, how many interiors it has, whether there are playable underwater areas, or whether any city from earlier entries appears. Rockstar hasn't detailed travel between regions either. When any of it is announced it comes from the Newswire, and it shows up in the news section with the source next to it, not on a leaked map.

Mount KalagaAmbrosiaPort GellhornGrassriversVice CityLeonida KeysLEONIDA

Confirmed regions

  • Vice City · MiamiThe state's main metropolis.
  • Grassrivers · EvergladesWetlands and swamps full of wildlife.
  • Leonida Keys · Florida KeysTropical archipelago with dangerous waters.
  • Port GellhornA coastal city in the state of Leonida.
  • AmbrosiaA confirmed region of the state of Leonida.
  • Mount Kalaga National ParkA national park with forests and mountainous terrain.

Vice City neighborhoods

Ocean BeachSouth BeachWashington BeachLittle HavanaLittle Haiti

Frequently asked questions

Where is Leonida, and is it a real place?
Leonida isn't real: it's GTA VI's fictional state, and Rockstar places it where the real world has Florida. The match shows in the confirmed names themselves — the Leonida Keys against the Florida Keys, Grassrivers against the Everglades and Vice City against Miami. What Rockstar hasn't published is a map of its fictional country or which states border it, so the location is inferred from the real counterpart rather than from anything internal to the game.
Is Leonida just Vice City?
No. Vice City is the main city, but Leonida is the whole state: it includes Grassrivers, the Leonida Keys, Port Gellhorn, Ambrosia and Mount Kalaga National Park. That's six regions confirmed by Rockstar, and the city is one of the six.
Which regions are confirmed?
Vice City, Grassrivers, Leonida Keys, Port Gellhorn, Ambrosia and Mount Kalaga National Park. Any other region name you see going around does not come from Rockstar.
Is it true the map will be twice the size of GTA V's?
It's a community estimate, not a Rockstar figure, and it comes from measuring maps rebuilt out of trailer footage. Rockstar has published no surface area for the state of Leonida.
Is this the same Vice City as the 2002 game?
It shares the name, the real-world reference (Miami) and four of the five confirmed neighborhoods with the 2002 game. But Rockstar hasn't confirmed any continuity or shared timeline, and the settings don't line up: that one sat in 1986, and GTA VI's trailers show present-day phones and social media.
Has Rockstar published an official GTA VI map?
No. Rockstar has released no map of the state of Leonida. Everything circulating with roads, districts and points of interest is a community reconstruction built from the trailers and promotional material.
Which real parts of Florida is the map based on?
Vice City draws on Miami, Grassrivers on the Everglades and the Leonida Keys on the Florida Keys. For Port Gellhorn, Ambrosia and Mount Kalaga there's no real counterpart that Rockstar has named.
Will the whole state be open from the start?
Not confirmed. The series has done it both ways: GTA V's map was open almost from the off, while GTA IV unlocked its islands as the story progressed. Two precedents from the same studio settle nothing.

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