Six counties, one state

The map of Leonida

GTA 6 is set across the entire fictional state of Leonida — Rockstar's Florida. It is the first mainline GTA to span a whole state rather than a city and its outskirts, and by area it is roughly double GTA V.

Updated 31 August 2026 · 11 min read

Short answer

How big is the GTA 6 map?

GTA 6's map is the fictional state of Leonida, estimated at roughly double GTA V's playable area and about three times Red Dead Redemption 2's landmass. It spans six counties: Vice-Dale (Vice City), Mariana (Grassrivers, Leonida Keys), Ambrosia, Kelly (Port Gellhorn), Leonard and Lummox (Mount Kalaga National Park). Rockstar has not published an exact figure.

Confirmed · Verified 31 August 2026

Wide wetlands stretching toward the distant Vice City skyline — The wetlands sit within sight of the city. Rockstar Games

How big is it, actually

Rockstar has not published a number. What exists are press estimates from people who have seen the map, and they cluster consistently.

~2×GTA V playable area

~3×RDR2 landmass

~2×Los Santos, for Vice City alone

~11×GTA V's populated space

“Very big” is as specific as Rockstar gets

Confirmed

Press previews describe the map as very large without giving measurements. The most quoted comparisons: roughly double GTA V's playable area, around three times Red Dead Redemption 2's landmass, and Vice City on its own about twice the size of Los Santos.

The “70% bigger” figure

Unconfirmed

A widely repeated claim puts the map at about 70% larger than GTA V. It predates the Extended Look and does not reconcile neatly with the newer “roughly double” estimates. Both are circulating; neither is official.

The more useful framing is density, not area. The estimate that Leonida holds close to eleven times GTA V's populated space, alongside a reported 700+ enterable interiors, says more about how the map will actually feel than any square-mile figure.

The six counties

Leonida is divided into counties, each with its own economy, architecture and mood. This structure is what lets Rockstar move the story across an entire state rather than around one city.

Leonida counties
County	Position	Key locations	Real-world basis
Vice-Dale	South east	Vice City, Vice Beach, Vice City International Airport, Vice City Port	Miami-Dade
Mariana	South west	Grassrivers, Leonida Keys, Key Lento, Watson Bay, Capri	Everglades, Florida Keys
Ambrosia	Central	Ambrosia, Lake Leonida	Central Florida / Lake Okeechobee
Kelly	North west	Port Gellhorn	Panama City, Florida Panhandle
Leonard	North east	Waning Sands	Aventura / Pembroke Pines
Lummox	North	Mount Kalaga National Park, Yorktown	North Florida forest country

Where this comes from

County names and internal place names largely surfaced through the August 2026 map leak and earlier leaked material, then were partly corroborated by official footage. Vice City, the Leonida Keys, Grassrivers, Port Gellhorn, Ambrosia and Mount Kalaga are officially named by Rockstar. The finer subdivisions are leak-tier.

Vice City — Vice-Dale County

The centrepiece. Rockstar's description is characteristically pointed: “the glamour, hustle, and greed of America captured in a single city.” Pastel art deco hotels, beaches, and the cruise ship capital of the state.

It gets its own page because the district list alone is substantial. Vice City districts and landmarks →

Roughly twice the size of Los Santos

Confirmed

Vice City alone is estimated at around double GTA V's Los Santos, before the rest of the state is counted. It is dense, crowded and built on tight roads — which is a gameplay fact as much as a geographic one, because it makes police pursuits there genuinely difficult. See the Wanted system →

Two people at a rooftop infinity pool overlooking Vice City — Vice City alone is estimated at roughly twice the size of GTA V's Los Santos. Rockstar Games

Leonida Keys & Mariana County

Leonida Keys

The tropical archipelago south of the mainland, based on the Florida Keys: small islands strung together by bridges over turquoise water. Rockstar calls it “the gateway to paradise” and describes the waters as “beautiful and dangerous.”

This is Jason's territory at the start of the game — a trailer rented from Brian Heder, drug runners for employers, and Cal Hampton listening to Coast Guard radio a short drive away. Named islands include Key Lento (Key Largo).

Grassrivers

The wetlands, based on the Everglades. Rockstar's line: “the untamable jewel of Leonida's crown,” primordial swamp with alligators and, in the studio's phrasing, “deadlier predators.”

Grassrivers is why airboats exist as a dedicated vehicle class — a first for the series. Vehicle classes →

Other Mariana locations

Watson Bay — based on Cedar Key Leaked
Capri — based on Sebring Leaked

The Keys and the wetlands in motion

A seaplane on turquoise water beside a causeway linking small islands — The Leonida Keys, based on the Florida Keys.

People and vehicles gathered along a sunlit Keys roadside — Rockstar calls it the gateway to paradise.

The Rusty Anchor bar on a wooden deck by the water — A casual dress code and loaded bars.

A diver swimming above a coral reef with a sea turtle — Scuba diving is a confirmed activity.

Boats rafted together with people swimming in clear blue water — Beautiful and dangerous waters, in Rockstar's description.

A large green iguana on a branch above a Keys shoreline — Wildlife can be examined and recorded in a checklist.

Official screenshots · Rockstar Games

Men sitting on an airboat beside a captured alligator in the wetlands — Grassrivers is Rockstar's Everglades.

Stilt houses and boats along a wetland waterfront in daylight — Rockstar calls it the untamable jewel of Leonida's crown.

An overhead view of an airboat cutting through dark wetland water — Airboats are a new vehicle class for the series.

A helicopter hovering over boats in open wetland with alligators in the water — Alligators, and in Rockstar's words deadlier predators.

A bearded man holding a rifle in a wetland shack at night — Hunting is confirmed across forests, swamps and rural areas.

Official screenshots · Rockstar Games

Port Gellhorn — Kelly County

Leonida's forgotten west coast, based on Panama City and the Florida Panhandle. Rockstar's framing is the most openly bleak of any region: cheap motels, abandoned attractions, industrial docks, truck stops, warehouses and working rail lines.

It is described as running on an alternative economy fuelled by substances and truck-stop culture, while simultaneously being one of the state's primary shipping and industrial centres. That combination — heavy freight infrastructure next to genuine dereliction — is the most distinctive environment in the game after Vice City itself.

Why it matters

Ports, rail and warehouses are heist geography. A region built around shipping is a region built around things worth stealing.

The Starlet Motel sign lit at night on an empty street — Port Gellhorn, Leonida's forgotten west coast.

Two men inside a garage lit by harsh yellow light — Cheap motels, truck stops and an alternative economy.

A couple eating in a parked car in daylight — Rockstar's bleakest regional description.

A neon-lit roadside strip club and diner signage at night — Abandoned attractions sit beside working industry.

People drinking around a fire at an outdoor gathering at dusk — One of the state's primary shipping and industrial centres.

A low sun over a sprawling low-rise coastal town — Docks, warehouses and working rail lines.

Official screenshots · Rockstar Games

Ambrosia & Lake Leonida — Ambrosia County

The centre of the state and, in Rockstar's description, the heart of Leonida — where “American industry and old school values still reign supreme.”

Allied Crystal sugar refinery — the region's anchor industry Confirmed
Biker gang operations — explicitly referenced in the regional description Confirmed
Lake Leonida — the large inland lake the region is built around, based on Lake Okeechobee

Central Florida's agricultural-industrial belt is a genuinely under-used setting in games, and it gives Rockstar a register — company towns, sugar money, bikers — that neither Vice City nor the Keys can provide.

A large group of bikers riding down a highway past roadside signage — Ambrosia County, where biker operations run.

An industrial town at dusk under heavy cloud — Rockstar calls this the heart of Leonida.

A biker couple posing together, the man in an Enforcer vest — Old-school values and American industry, in Rockstar's framing.

Power lines and an industrial plant silhouetted against a burning orange sunset — The Allied Crystal sugar refinery anchors the region.

Two women in a car interior, one leaning across the dashboard — Central Florida is rarely used as a game setting.

A crowd of tattooed bikers drinking and shouting at an outdoor gathering — Backyard wrestling and cage fighting sit in this world.

Official screenshots · Rockstar Games

Mount Kalaga National Park — Lummox County

The northern wilderness. Rockstar's tagline is “Wild, Wild Country”: forests, canyons and riverways.

This is the Red Dead Redemption 2 inheritance made literal. Confirmed activities here include hunting, fishing, kayaking and off-roading, and confirmed wildlife includes deer, cougars and foxes. Yorktown sits to the north-west of the park.

Leonida has a real ecology

Confirmed

Wildlife across the state includes alligators, boars, snakes, raccoons, bobcats, frogs, birds and rodents, alongside the park's deer, cougars and foxes. Press previews describe a wildlife examination and checklist recording system — a compendium, in Red Dead terms. You can also pet dogs, or scold them.

Two riders on dirt bikes at a derelict industrial site — Mount Kalaga National Park — Rockstar's Wild, Wild Country.

A red and white helicopter flying low over forested hills at sunset — Forests, canyons and riverways in the north of the state.

Two hunters walking through tall pine forest — Hunting uses rifles and bows for pelts and meat.

A highway cutting through a red rock canyon — Off-roading is built into the region.

Deer drinking at a shaded riverbank — Confirmed wildlife includes deer, cougars and foxes.

A person kayaking on a calm river beneath a steel bridge — Kayaking is new to the series.

Official screenshots · Rockstar Games

Getting around Leonida

Transport
Method	Detail	Status
Tram	A functional tram system in Vice City you can enter and ride seamlessly.	Confirmed
Ryde Me	An in-game rideshare app for quick travel, with conversation opportunities during the ride.	Confirmed
Airboats	A dedicated vehicle class, new to the series, for Grassrivers wetlands.	Confirmed
Aircraft	Vice City International Airport plus general aviation. Leaked footage shows Jason flying a plane.	Leaked
Boats	Extensive, given the Keys, the port and the coastline. Watercraft appear in the Ultimate Edition contents.	Confirmed
Metro	Metro stations are listed among the reported 700+ enterable interiors.	Leaked

The in-game map itself got an upgrade

Confirmed

The map screen uses detailed satellite-style imagery, and the mini-map HUD renders buildings in 3D rather than as flat footprints. For a state this size with this much verticality in Vice City, that is a meaningful usability change.

The leaked full map

A complete Leonida map circulated on 18–21 August 2026

Leaked

Alongside gameplay footage, the CyberLeek leak included what appears to be the full map of Leonida from a 2025 development build. It is the source of most county-level naming and the finer settlement names on this page.

Two caveats matter. First, it is a 2025 build — regions can be renamed, resized or cut in the year that follows. Second, this wiki does not host it. The full leak timeline →

What the leak did do is corroborate the shape the community had assembled from trailers: a state with a dense south-eastern metropolis, a wetland south-west, an industrial centre, a derelict north-west coast and a forested north. Nothing in the official Extended Look contradicted it.

Common questions

Short, direct answers. Each one links to the section above that explains it in full.

How big is the GTA 6 map?#

Rockstar has not published a figure. Press estimates put it at roughly double GTA V's playable area and about three times Red Dead Redemption 2's landmass, with Vice City alone around twice the size of Los Santos.

What regions are in GTA 6?#

Leonida contains six counties: Vice-Dale (Vice City), Mariana (Grassrivers, Leonida Keys), Ambrosia (Ambrosia, Lake Leonida), Kelly (Port Gellhorn), Leonard (Waning Sands) and Lummox (Mount Kalaga National Park, Yorktown).

Is GTA 6 set in Florida?#

Yes. Leonida is a fictional version of Florida, and Vice City is Rockstar's Miami.

Can you travel the whole map from the start?#

Rockstar has not confirmed map gating. Some vehicles are locked behind story progress, but the state itself has not been described as segmented.

Sources

Every claim on this page traces back to one of the following. Rockstar Games newswire posts and the official Extended Look are treated as primary; everything else is labelled in-line.