GTA 6 Map: Everything We Know About Leonida

The GTA 6 map is built around the fictional state of Leonida, Rockstar's modern take on Florida, with Vice City at its center. Everything below is split into what Rockstar Games has officially confirmed through its two trailers and the official GTA VI website, and what fans reasonably expect but Rockstar has not stated. Where a detail is not official, it is labeled.

What Rockstar has officially confirmed about Leonida

Rockstar has confirmed that Grand Theft Auto VI is set in the state of Leonida, a fictional version of Florida, and that the main urban hub is Vice City, the series' long-running stand-in for Miami. The game stars two protagonists, Jason and Lucia, and is scheduled to launch on November 19, 2026 for PS5 and Xbox Series X and S.

Beyond the city itself, the official GTA VI site and the second trailer named several distinct regions across Leonida, each with its own short description written by Rockstar. These are the confirmed places, not leaks or fan guesses. You can track the latest confirmed details on our GTA 6 hub.

Vice City: the heart of the GTA 6 map

Vice City returns as the commercial and nightlife core of Leonida. Rockstar describes it as the sun and fun capital, with neighborhoods that swing from art deco hotels and beaches to areas like Little Cuba and the bootleg-brand stalls of a busy flea market. This is where the neon, the clubs, the beaches, and the money are concentrated, and it is the most recognizable face of the GTA 6 setting.

The original Vice City launched in 2002, and the city later returned in the 2006 prequel Vice City Stories, so this modern, much larger version is its first full-scale comeback in nearly two decades and one of the biggest draws of the new map.

Confirmed regions across Leonida

Outside Vice City, Rockstar has officially named and described these regions:

• Leonida Keys - A tropical island chain inspired by the real Florida Keys, described by Rockstar as a gateway to paradise with casual bars and a laid-back pace.
• Grassrivers - A vast swampland modeled on the Everglades, framed by Rockstar as a wild jewel of the state, home to alligators and other dangers.
• Port Gellhorn - A faded coastal town of cheap motels, shut-down attractions, and empty strip malls, where a grittier economy has moved in after the tourists left.
• Ambrosia - A rural, industrial area anchored by a sugar refinery, leaning on old-school American industry values, with a biker gang filling the gaps.
• Mount Kalaga National Park - Backcountry wilderness offering hunting, fishing, and off-road trails, set among lush surrounding backwoods.

Each of these came directly from Rockstar's official descriptions, which is why they sit firmly in the confirmed column rather than the rumor pile.

Water, coastline, and the Keys

Because Leonida is based on Florida, water is a defining feature of the Leonida map. Vice City sits on the coast, the Leonida Keys stretch out as an offshore archipelago, and the Grassrivers wetlands push inland waterways deep into the state. Rockstar's trailers showed beaches, marinas, open ocean, and swamp channels, so boats and other watercraft are clearly part of traversal. The exact scale of the navigable ocean has not been given an official figure, so any specific water-coverage percentage you see is an estimate, not a confirmed number.

Map size and counties: what is expected, not confirmed

This is the area where speculation runs hottest, so it is worth being precise.

• Rockstar has not published an official square-mileage figure for the GTA 6 map, and it has not officially stated the map is "twice the size of GTA 5." That comparison is a widely repeated fan and outlet estimate, not a Rockstar claim. Treat it as expected, not confirmed.
• The idea that Leonida contains "at least five counties" comes from naming patterns and outlet analysis (for example county names tied to confirmed regions). Rockstar has not confirmed a final county count, so this is also expected rather than official.
• Reports of additional towns, neighborhoods, and a possible second playable state have circulated from trailer analysis. None of these have been officially confirmed by Rockstar and should be treated as unconfirmed at this stage.

When Rockstar releases hard map dimensions or a full county list, it will come through the official GTA VI site or the Rockstar Newswire, and we will update accordingly.

How to keep track of confirmed map details

Because the GTA 6 setting is being revealed in stages, the safest approach is to anchor on first-party material: the two official trailers, the GTA VI website region pages, and Rockstar Newswire posts. Everything else, including interactive fan maps and estimated dimensions, is interpretation layered on top of those sources.

For more confirmed-only coverage, the GTA 6 hub collects the official facts as they land, and our GTA 6 screenshots gallery shows the regions Rockstar has actually shown so far. As fresh official material drops, the line between confirmed and expected will keep moving, and the regions above are the foundation everything else builds on.

Sources

• Grand Theft Auto VI is Now Set to Launch November 19, 2026 - Rockstar Games Newswire
• GTA 6 Map & Official Locations: Vice City, Leonida & Beyond - GTABase
• Every Location Confirmed For GTA 6 - Screen Rant
• GTA 6: Everything we know so far - GamesRadar+
• GTA 6 Gets New Trailer, Revealing More Details On Jason, Lucia, & Vice City Setting - Screen Rant