Strong matchVice City
Ocean Beach → Ocean Drive
Ocean Beach: the Art Deco strip
Rockstar's Ocean Beach is a clear match for Ocean Drive: pastel Art Deco hotels, neon at dusk and a park between the strip and the sand. Here is how to walk it.
Unofficial travel guide to GTA VI's Florida
The real Florida behind Leonida.
Ocean Beach is Ocean Drive. The causeway toll booths are the Venetian. The stilt houses are Stiltsville. Every place in Grand Theft Auto VI has a real twin, and this is the guide for actually going there.
49real places, mapped
6regions Rockstar has named
5day-by-day trips
0leaks used. Official material only
Explore by region
Six regions, one state
Rockstar has named six regions of Leonida. Each one has a clear real-world basis you can drive to.
Based on Miami and Miami Beach
Vice City
Neon, Art Deco and the causeways between them.
Based on The Florida Keys
Leonida Keys
One highway, forty-two bridges, and the end of the road.
Based on The Everglades
Grassrivers
Airboats, sawgrass and more alligators than people.
Based on Panama City Beach and the Forgotten Coast
Port Gellhorn
Faded motels, a fishing pier and the Redneck Riviera.
Based on The sugar belt around Lake Okeechobee
Ambrosia
Cane fields, a refinery and roads that go straight for miles.
Based on North Florida forests and springs
Mount Kalaga National Park
Pine forest, crystal springs and lakes you can hunt around.
The map
Where Leonida really is
Every location on one map of Florida. Colour is the region, the popup tells you how sure the match is.
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The surest matches
Places Rockstar has named outright, or that the mapping community agrees on from official footage.
Strong matchVice City
Vice Beach → South Beach lifeguard towers
Vice Beach and its lifeguard towers
The candy-colored lifeguard stands in the trailer are a clear match for the real ones on South Beach. Walk the sand from South Pointe to 15th Street and you pass a dozen.
Strong matchVice City
Downtown Vice City → Brickell and Downtown Miami
The downtown skyline: Brickell and beyond
The glass towers behind every Vice City shot are Brickell and Downtown Miami. Where to see the skyline for real, from a free elevated train to the causeway viewpoints.
Named by RockstarVice City
Bayside → Bayside Marketplace and the downtown bayfront
Bayside: the waterfront Rockstar named
Rockstar named Bayside as a Vice City district in the Extended Look. The real bayfront is Bayside Marketplace, Bayfront Park and the boat docks at the foot of the skyline.
Strong matchVice City
Stockyard → Wynwood Walls
Stockyard: the mural district in Wynwood
Rockstar named Stockyard as Vice City's mural district. The real thing is Wynwood, a former warehouse quarter painted wall to wall, with Wynwood Walls at its heart.
Strong matchVice City
Causeway toll plaza → Venetian Causeway
Venetian Causeway: tolls, walking and cycling
Plan a Venetian Causeway visit: SunPass and toll-by-plate costs, walking and cycling tips, official bridge updates, and the toll plaza matched to GTA VI's second trailer.
Itineraries
Trips through the real Leonida
Day-by-day routes that string the places together, with where to base yourself and what it costs.
3 days · Miami Beach
Three days in Vice City
Three days across Miami Beach, downtown and the bay: the Art Deco strip, the lifeguard towers, the causeways, the Wynwood murals and the stilt houses that Vice City borrows from.
3 days · Key Largo to Key West
The Leonida Keys road trip
Three days down the Overseas Highway, from the Card Sound back road to Duval Street, past the canal homes, tiki bars, mangrove channels and the long bridge that shape Jason's home turf.
1 day · Miami
A day in Grassrivers
One long day west out of Miami on the Tamiami Trail and back on Alligator Alley: an airboat, Shark Valley's alligators, the Big Cypress boardwalks, the tiniest post office and a stone crab town.
Guides
The practical part
Driving the Keys, booking an airboat, when to go and what it costs. Each page carries the date it was last checked.
Updated Oct 26
The full Leonida road trip: all six regions in 10 to 12 days
One route through the real Florida behind all six GTA VI regions, Miami to the Panhandle, with real drive times, where to sleep and the honest 7-day cut.
Updated Oct 19
Florida's springs for a Mount Kalaga trip: where to swim, paddle and float
Which north Florida springs let you swim, tube or paddle, what they cost, when they close, and the rules on disposables and alcohol.
Updated Oct 12
Everglades National Park for a Grassrivers trip: which entrance and what to see
The park's three entrances do not connect. What Shark Valley, Homestead and Everglades City each show you, plus fees, seasons and wildlife rules.
What changed on the site, and when.
Honesty policy
How we grade a match
No leaks, no Rockstar imagery, no guessing dressed up as fact. Every place carries one of four grades.
Named by Rockstar
Rockstar has used this name or shown this exact place in official material.
Strong match
Clear visual match in official footage that the mapping community broadly agrees on.
Likely match
Good visual or thematic match, but Rockstar has not confirmed it.
Possible inspiration
A plausible real-world reference. Treat it as a travel idea, not a fact about the game.
November 19, 2026
Launch day, in your timezone
Rockstar has announced the date but not the hour. We track both unlock scenarios for every major timezone and what to do about pre-loading.
Questions
Good to know
Is this an official Rockstar site?
No. Real Leonida is an unofficial fan travel guide. We are not affiliated with Rockstar Games or Take-Two, and we do not use their imagery.
How do you know what a place is based on?
From official trailers, screenshots and the Extended Look, read alongside the mapping community's work. Every match carries a grade: named by Rockstar, strong, likely, or possible. Nothing comes from leaks.
Can I actually visit these places?
Almost all of them, yes: they are public beaches, roads, parks, neighbourhoods and towns across Florida. Each page has directions, the best time to go, what it costs and where to stay nearby.
When does GTA VI come out?
November 19, 2026 on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. Rockstar has not announced an unlock time; our release-time page tracks both scenarios by timezone.