The GTA 6 Map Explained: Vice City & Every Region of Leonida (2026)

Last updated October 20, 2026By the State of Vice desk5 min read

GTA 6 is set in the state of Leonida — Rockstar's take on modern Florida — with the neon sprawl of Vice City at its heart. Here's every region Rockstar has officially shown, what each tells us about how the game will play, and the map-size claims that are still pure rumor.

✓ CONFIRMEDShown in official trailers & press art

The setting: the fictional US state of Leonida, inspired by Florida.
The hub: Vice City — Rockstar's Miami analogue — returns as the central city.
Named regions: Leonida Keys, Port Gellhorn, Ambrosia, Grassrivers and Mount Kalaga National Park have all appeared in official material.

Confirmed regions

Six regions have appeared in Rockstar's official art and trailers. Slide through them below — tap any region to read its details, or grab its wallpaper.

CONFIRMED REGION

Vice City

The heart of the map and Rockstar's modern Miami. Forget the 2002 pastel fever dream — the 2026 version is a contemporary city of influencers, beach culture, nightlife and money both old and new. This is almost certainly where the story's centre of gravity sits, where Jason and Lucia cross the city's criminal food chain.

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Vice CityThe heart of the map and Rockstar's modern Miami. Forget the 2002 pastel fever dream — the 2026 version is a contemporary city of influencers, beach culture, nightlife and money both old and new. This is almost certainly where the story's centre of gravity sits, where Jason and Lucia cross the city's criminal food chain.Leonida KeysA chain of tropical islands off the southern coast — Rockstar's Florida Keys. Officially a boating paradise with a smuggling underside, and where Jason lives and works for local drug runners when the story begins. If the trailers' water gameplay excited you, this is where it pays off.Port GellhornThe other end of the glamour spectrum: a faded coastal town of cheap motels, strip clubs, demolition derbies and people hustling to get by. Florida panhandle, not South Beach — and exactly the kind of place GTA's satire usually bites hardest.AmbrosiaRural, industrial Leonida — sugar fields, a refinery town, and officially home to a biker gang. Expect heartland crime, big machinery and long highways.GrassriversThe Everglades in everything but name: swamp, airboats, wildlife, and plenty of places where things — and people — disappear. Alligators feature heavily in official material, so expect Red Dead-grade ambient life.Mount Kalaga National ParkA wilderness of forested ridges and off-road terrain. The interesting part: real Florida is famously flat, so Rockstar inventing a mountainous park signals they prioritised gameplay variety — dirt bikes, hunting-style wilderness and vertical terrain — over strict geography.

How big is the map?

Honest answer: Rockstar has never announced the map's size. You'll see "2.5× bigger than GTA 5" and "70% of buildings enterable" all over YouTube — those come from leaks and are not confirmed. What we can say: it's Rockstar's most regionally diverse map ever revealed pre-launch, spanning city, islands, swamp, farmland and mountains.

Update — October 2026: after the Extended Look, Rockstar still only calls the map "very big." Press previews estimated it at roughly three times Red Dead Redemption 2, but that's a preview estimate, not an official figure. Game Informer's cover story added that Leonida has weather built around Florida's tropical storms and wildlife across land, air and sea.

What the map tells us about gameplay

Water matters. Two coastal regions plus the Keys means boats, diving and smuggling are likely core, not garnish.
Two protagonists, one state. Jason starts in the Keys, Lucia's story begins at Leonida Penitentiary — the map looks built to be crossed, repeatedly.
Wildlife is back. Official material leans hard on gators, herons and swamp fauna — expect Red Dead-grade ambient life.