Leonida and the real Florida
GTA 6 is set in Leonida, Rockstar's version of Florida, and its city, Vice City, is Miami. Rockstar names six regions: Vice City, Leonida Keys, Grassrivers, Ambrosia, Port Gellhorn, Mount Kalaga National Park. Here is each one beside the real place it's based on, on a map of Florida, with how sure the match is.
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What city is GTA 6 based on?
Miami. Vice City is Rockstar's Miami and Miami Beach: an art deco beach district, a Cuban neighbourhood, a giant cruise port. The state around it, Leonida, is Florida. The 30 real Miami places from the trailers are on our map, each with what's there now and how to visit.
Teal: the match is plain. Coral: widely reported, not stated by Rockstar. Grey: no agreement. Click a pin to jump to the region.
The six regions
Vice City is Miami and Miami Beach Clearly shown
In the game: The game's big city, on Leonida's south-east coast: an art deco beach district, a Cuban neighbourhood, a flea market and the world's busiest cruise port.
The real place: Miami's own: Ocean Drive's art deco hotels on South Beach, Little Havana's bakeries and cafecito windows, and PortMiami, which calls itself the cruise capital of the world.
The 30 real places behind Vice City
Who makes the match: rockstargames.com, dexerto.com, gtaboom.com.
Leonida Keys is The Florida Keys Clearly shown
In the game: A tropical island chain south of the mainland: beach bars, boats, long bridges and dangerous water.
The real place: The Overseas Highway runs 113 miles from Key Largo to Key West over 42 bridges; the Seven Mile Bridge at Marathon is the famous one.
Real places from the trailers here: Seven Mile Bridge, Bahia Honda State Park and the old Bahia Honda Rail Bridge, Rain Barrel Village (Betsy the Lobster), Caribbean Club
Who makes the match: rockstargames.com, thetab.com, gtaboom.com.
Grassrivers is The Everglades Clearly shown
In the game: Wetlands west of the city: mangroves, airboats and alligators.
The real place: The name turns around the Everglades' own nickname, the River of Grass. Everglades National Park's Shark Valley entrance is about an hour from downtown Miami; airboat rides run on the Tamiami Trail outside the park.
Real places from the trailers here: Everglades National Park
Who makes the match: rockstargames.com, gta-zone.com, gtaboom.com.
Ambrosia is Clewiston and the sugar country around Lake Okeechobee Likely
In the game: Inland farm and factory country on a big lake, run by a sugar refinery, with a biker gang.
The real place: Clewiston, on the south shore of Lake Okeechobee, is a sugar company town with cane fields all around; the lake in the game is Lake Leonida. Early guesses of Orlando or St. Augustine have faded since the second trailer.
Who makes the match: gtaboom.com, gta-zone.com, thetab.com.
Port Gellhorn is Panama City Beach and the Panhandle's Gulf Coast Likely
In the game: A faded beach resort on the north-west coast: cheap motels, closed attractions, dirt bikes.
The real place: Most comparisons point to Panama City Beach and the Gulf Coast resort towns of the Panhandle; earlier guesses included Key West and Fort Myers.
Who makes the match: gtasixmap.com, gta-6-map.org, thetab.com.
Mount Kalaga National Park is No agreed match: Florida has no mountains A guess
In the game: Forested hills on the state's northern border: hunting, fishing, off-road trails and backwoods loners.
The real place: Florida's highest point is 345 ft, so the mountains are borrowed: most comparisons point to the Blue Ridge and southern Appalachians across the border in Georgia. The pin is one in-state reading, the steep ravines of Torreya State Park on the Apalachicola River.
Who makes the match: gtaboom.com, gta-6-map.org, thetab.com.
The counties
County names seen on road signs and badges in the trailers, and the real counties fans match them to. Reported by the community, not by Rockstar.
| In the game | Real county |
|---|---|
| Vice-Dale | Miami-Dade |
| Leonard | Broward |
| Mariana | Monroe (the Keys and the Everglades) |
| Ambrosia | Hendry (Clewiston) |
| Kelly | A mix of Collier and the Panhandle |
Who makes the match: gta-6-wiki.com.
Questions
What city is GTA 6 based on?
Miami. Vice City, the game's city, is Rockstar's version of Miami and Miami Beach, and the state around it, Leonida, is its version of Florida.
Where does GTA 6 take place?
In Leonida, a fictional US state based on Florida. Rockstar names six regions: Vice City (Miami and Miami Beach), Leonida Keys (the Florida Keys), Grassrivers (the Everglades), Ambrosia (Clewiston and the sugar country around Lake Okeechobee), Port Gellhorn (Panama City Beach and the Panhandle's Gulf Coast), Mount Kalaga National Park (No agreed match: Florida has no mountains).
Is Leonida just Florida?
Mostly, but squeezed and rearranged: places are moved closer together, several towns are blended into one, and the mountains in the north are borrowed from Georgia and the Carolinas, because Florida has none.
Region names from Rockstar's official site; the descriptions here are ours. The real matches are what players and reporters have worked out from the trailers: we'll check every one against the game after it comes out on 19 November 2026. Last checked 10 November 2026.