GTA 6 Map Regions: Leonida Explained
Leonida is the fictional state that GTA 6 is set in, Rockstar's modern-day take on Florida, and it's split into six named regions: Vice City, Leonida Keys, Grassrivers, Port Gellhorn, Ambrosia and Mount Kalaga National Park. Rockstar has confirmed the names and the broad setting, but not a detailed breakdown of what's inside each one.
This guide sets out exactly what Rockstar has said about Leonida and its regions, what the names themselves suggest based on how a fictional Florida has typically been built, and where the genuine gaps are. Where something isn't confirmed, that's stated plainly rather than guessed at.
Two playable protagonists, Jason Duval and Lucia Caminos, move across this map, and you can swap between them, including mid-mission. Rockstar has described the story as "very Bonnie and Clyde," which gives some sense of the tone without confirming specific locations tied to specific story beats.
## Key takeaways - Leonida is a fictional, modern-day version of Florida, confirmed by Rockstar, made up of six named regions. - The six regions are Vice City, Leonida Keys, Grassrivers, Port Gellhorn, Ambrosia and Mount Kalaga National Park. - Rockstar hasn't published a detailed description of what's inside each region beyond the names and general map imagery shown in trailers. - Side activities confirmed by Game Informer — including kayaking, scuba diving, airboating, jet skiing, base jumping, zoos, billiards and street and off-road racing — suggest a mix of urban, coastal and rural settings across the map. - GTA 6 launches 19 November 2026 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S only, with no PC version announced.
## What's confirmed about Leonida as a whole Rockstar's own description of the setting is a modern-day, fictional version of Florida. That single fact explains a lot of what follows: Florida's real geography runs from dense coastal cities down through subtropical wetlands to a chain of islands, and Leonida's six regions map roughly onto that same kind of spread, in name if not yet in confirmed detail.
Two trailers and an extended look have shown pieces of this world. The first trailer surfaced in early December 2023, just ahead of a planned 5 December release that didn't happen. The second landed on 6 May 2025, set to "Hot Together" by The Pointer Sisters and captured on PS5. An Extended Look premiered on Netflix on 27 August 2026, then on Rockstar's YouTube channel and rockstargames.com/VI, running around 26 minutes with in-game PS5 footage. Each of these has given more visual sense of Leonida, without Rockstar publishing a written breakdown of the regions.
## The six regions, by name Here's what Rockstar has actually named, and what that name reasonably suggests given the fictional-Florida setting — kept separate from anything confirmed.
### Vice City The series' signature city name, returning as the urban heart of Leonida. Trailer footage has shown a dense, neon-lit coastal city consistent with that, but Rockstar hasn't published a formal description of its districts or boundaries.
### Leonida Keys The name points to an island chain, in keeping with Florida's real Keys — a string of small islands connected by road. Nothing beyond the name has been confirmed about what's specifically there.
### Grassrivers This reads as Leonida's take on a wetlands or Everglades-style region — "river of grass" is literally how the real Everglades has been described for over a century. Side activities like kayaking and airboating, both confirmed by Game Informer, would fit naturally with that kind of terrain, though Rockstar hasn't tied specific activities to specific regions.
### Port Gellhorn The name suggests an industrial or working port town, distinct from the glamour of Vice City. Beyond the name, Rockstar hasn't described what's there.
### Ambrosia Likely a rural or agricultural area, going by the name alone — Florida's real interior has a significant farming and ranching belt inland from its coasts. This is inference from naming convention, not something Rockstar has stated directly.
### Mount Kalaga National Park The only region name that points to elevated, protected terrain, which is notable because Florida is famously flat in reality — Rockstar building in a mountain and national park suggests some deliberate fictionalising rather than a literal copy of the state. Base jumping, confirmed as a side activity, would be a natural fit for terrain like this, though again, Rockstar hasn't confirmed that pairing directly.
## The people who populate Leonida Rockstar has profiled several characters beyond the two leads: Cal Hampton, Boobie Ike, Dre'Quan Priest, Real Dimez (made up of Bae-Luxe and Roxy) and Raul Bautista. None of these profiles come with a confirmed home region, so resist the temptation to place any of them on the map yourself — a varied cast like this is consistent with a world built from six distinct regions, but consistent isn't the same as confirmed.
What is confirmed is the tone of the lead story: Jason and Lucia's relationship has been described by Rockstar as "very Bonnie and Clyde," and the two can be swapped between mid-mission. A story built around two people moving together through a state this size is itself a reason the region structure matters — more ground covered usually means more reason to vary the pace and the scenery as the story moves, even if Rockstar hasn't said how the map and the story beats line up.
Rockstar North's co-studio head has also confirmed there'll be no real-money purchases in the single-player game, which matters for anyone planning to explore all six regions properly rather than rushing the main story — there's no in-game store nudging you to pay to skip the open world. Dan Houser, for context often raised by longtime followers of the series, had no involvement in GTA 6.
## Why Rockstar is being this quiet about the detail Rockstar's pattern with GTA 6 has been to confirm specifics gradually and reliably — a launch date, editions, pre-order details, radio stations — rather than publish an early, comprehensive map guide. Radio stations were first revealed on the Rockstar Newswire on 8 October 2026, which is a good example of the drip-feed approach: confirmed, dated, and specific, but released well ahead of a full map breakdown. Treat anything claiming to be a full regional guide before launch with real caution, because it's almost certainly going beyond what Rockstar has actually said.
## How the confirmed side activities hint at the map's range Game Informer has reported a list of side activities: base jumping, billiards, gyms, kayaking, mini golf, scuba diving, street and off-road racing, zoos, airboating and jet skiing. Taken together, that's a spread that needs varied terrain to make sense — water for kayaking, scuba diving, jet skiing and airboating; open or elevated ground for base jumping; urban infrastructure for street racing, gyms and billiards. That's consistent with six named regions covering city, coast, wetland and higher ground, even without Rockstar confirming exactly which activity sits in which region.
## A worked example: reading a region name properly Take Port Gellhorn as a case study in how to read these names without over-claiming. The name alone gives you "port" — so, coastal, likely working rather than leisure-focused, probably more industrial in feel than Vice City. That's a reasonable, name-based inference. What it doesn't give you is a size, a population, specific missions, or confirmation that it plays any particular role in the story. If a headline tells you Port Gellhorn is "the new big city" or similar, that's invention dressed up as insight — useful for clicks, not for accuracy.
## Common mistakes people make reading the Leonida map - Treating leaked maps as confirmed. Several unofficial maps have circulated online; none of them are Rockstar-confirmed, and this guide doesn't rely on them. - Assuming the real Florida parallel is exact. Mount Kalaga National Park alone shows Rockstar isn't making a literal copy of Florida's geography. - Pairing specific activities to specific regions as fact. The reasoning in this guide (kayaking fits Grassrivers, for instance) is informed inference, not something Rockstar has stated. - Confusing trailer footage with a confirmed map layout. Trailers show pieces of the world, not a labelled map.
## Keeping up with what Rockstar actually confirms If you want the regions explained properly as Rockstar releases more, the two places to watch are the Rockstar Newswire and rockstargames.com/VI — both are named by Rockstar as its official channels, and that's where radio stations, editions and pre-order detail have all surfaced first. Game Assistant pulls together exactly that kind of confirmed news and a live countdown to the 19 November 2026 launch in UK time, without adding anything Rockstar hasn't actually said. It's an unofficial, independent companion, not affiliated with or endorsed by Rockstar Games or Take-Two, coming soon to the App Store.
FAQ
### What is Leonida in GTA 6? Leonida is the fictional, modern-day state the game is set in — Rockstar's own version of Florida. It's made up of six named regions rather than one single city.
### What are the six regions in GTA 6? Vice City, Leonida Keys, Grassrivers, Port Gellhorn, Ambrosia and Mount Kalaga National Park. Rockstar has confirmed these names as part of the Leonida setting.
### Is Leonida based on a real place? It's a fictional take on Florida, not a direct recreation. Mount Kalaga National Park is a good example of that — Florida is largely flat in reality, so a mountainous national park shows Rockstar is building its own geography rather than copying the state exactly.
### Has Rockstar described what's inside each region? Not in detail. Beyond the six names and what's visible in trailer and Extended Look footage, Rockstar hasn't published a written breakdown of each region's size, layout or role in the story.
### Where can I find confirmed updates on the GTA 6 map? The Rockstar Newswire and rockstargames.com/VI are Rockstar's own official channels, and that's where confirmed details like the launch date, radio stations and editions have all appeared first.