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Leonida vs real Florida: which GTA 6 places are which

Official Grand Theft Auto VI cover art
Image: Rockstar Games.

Leonida is Rockstar’s fictional take on Florida, and Vice City is its Miami Official. Below, each of the six official regions with the real place it most resembles; those pairings are our reading of Rockstar’s descriptions, not Rockstar’s words, unless labelled. New here? Start here.

Official Trailer 1 is full of Leonida places you can compare with real Florida. Rockstar’s official video:

In the gameReal-world look-alikeLabel
LeonidaFloridaOfficial
Vice CityMiamiOfficial
Leonida Keys (“Gateway to Paradise”)Florida KeysNot confirmed our reading
Grassrivers (“Welcome to the Wetlands”)EvergladesNot confirmed our reading
Port Gellhorn (“forgotten coast”)Florida’s Gulf Coast / PanhandleNot confirmed our reading
Ambrosia (sugar refinery town)Florida’s inland sugar countryNot confirmed our reading
Mount Kalaga National ParkNorthern Florida forestsNot confirmed our reading
Stockyard, Vice CityWynwood: Dazed says more than 50 real street artists painted its muralsReported Dazed
Ocean Beach, Washington Beach, Little CubaMiami Beach / South Beach and Little HavanaNot confirmed our reading of Rockstar postcard copy
Gloriana (licence plates)GeorgiaNot confirmed not confirmed playable

Real Miami is leaning in too: on 2 October Rockstar reposted the Miami HEAT’s post that the HEAT “trade Miami for Vice City” for one night, 18 November, against the Milwaukee Bucks Official. More: Miami HEAT Vice City night. Rockstar has published no official map with real-world labels Not confirmed. Deeper reads: Grassrivers vs the Everglades · Miami vs Vice City · Leonida’s crime vs real Florida.

Related: Setting · Regions · Map · Vice City · Map size · Real-life locations · Vice City districts · What year is GTA 6 set in?

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kyle_in_tampa
kyle_in_tampa
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