{ "name": "Leonida vs real Florida (GTA 6 Cheat Sheet)", "description": "Each region and place Rockstar has named in GTA 6's state of Leonida, paired with the real Florida place outlets tie it to, labelled Reported, One outlet or No match.", "url": "https://gta6cheatsheet.com/gta-6/leonida-vs-florida/", "csv": "https://gta6cheatsheet.com/data/gta6-leonida-vs-florida.csv", "press": "https://gta6cheatsheet.com/press/leonida-vs-florida/", "publisher": { "name": "GTA 6 Cheat Sheet", "url": "https://gta6cheatsheet.com/" }, "license": "CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/): cite gta6cheatsheet.com and link https://gta6cheatsheet.com/gta-6/leonida-vs-florida/", "cite": "Leonida vs real Florida, GTA 6 Cheat Sheet, https://gta6cheatsheet.com/gta-6/leonida-vs-florida/ (last checked 2026-10-06)", "lastChecked": "2026-10-06", "statusKey": { "reported": "Two or more outlets make the comparison.", "one-outlet": "Only one outlet has made the comparison so far.", "no-match": "No outlet we use names a single real place." }, "rockstarSays": { "quote": "So, while we may not have those exact locations, everything we have is geared to getting that full Florida experience!", "who": "Paul MacPherson, Rockstar's senior vice president of environment art, in Game Informer's September 2026 cover story", "sources": [ { "title": "It Sure Doesn't Sound Like GTA 6 Will Include A Disney World Parody (Kotaku)", "url": "https://kotaku.com/it-sure-doesnt-sound-like-gta-6-will-include-a-disney-world-parody-2000738468", "date": "2026-09-29" }, { "title": "Rockstar Suggests Disney World and SeaWorld Probably Won't Be in GTA 6 (IGN)", "url": "https://www.ign.com/articles/rockstar-suggests-disney-world-and-seaworld-probably-wont-be-in-gta-6", "date": "2026-09-30" } ] }, "regions": [ { "n": 1, "leonida": "Vice City", "real": "Miami and Miami Beach", "status": "reported", "florida_lon_lat": [ -80.19, 25.77 ], "page": "https://gta6cheatsheet.com/gta-6/locations/vice-city/" }, { "n": 2, "leonida": "Leonida Keys", "real": "The Florida Keys", "status": "reported", "florida_lon_lat": [ -81.09, 24.71 ], "page": "https://gta6cheatsheet.com/gta-6/locations/leonida-keys/" }, { "n": 3, "leonida": "Grassrivers", "real": "The Everglades", "status": "reported", "florida_lon_lat": [ -80.85, 25.55 ], "page": "https://gta6cheatsheet.com/gta-6/locations/grassrivers/" }, { "n": 4, "leonida": "Port Gellhorn", "real": "Florida's faded tourist towns; Panama City is the place most often named", "status": "reported", "florida_lon_lat": [ -85.66, 30.16 ], "page": "https://gta6cheatsheet.com/gta-6/locations/port-gellhorn/" }, { "n": 5, "leonida": "Ambrosia", "real": "The sugar towns around Lake Okeechobee, such as Clewiston", "status": "one-outlet", "florida_lon_lat": [ -80.93, 26.75 ], "page": "https://gta6cheatsheet.com/gta-6/locations/ambrosia/" }, { "n": 6, "leonida": "Mount Kalaga National Park", "real": "No single real place: Leonida's version of the Florida-Georgia line", "status": "no-match", "florida_lon_lat": [ -83.6, 30.62 ], "page": "https://gta6cheatsheet.com/gta-6/locations/mount-kalaga/" } ], "rows": [ { "leonida": "Leonida", "real_world": "Florida", "type": "state", "status": "Reported", "what_rockstar_says": "\"So, while we may not have those exact locations, everything we have is geared to getting that full Florida experience!\" (Paul MacPherson, Rockstar's senior vice president of environment art, in Game Informer's September 2026 cover story)", "note": "Rockstar never names Florida, but its own site calls Leonida \"the sunshine state\", and its environment art lead describes the goal as \"that full Florida experience\".", "sources": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/only-in-leonida/vice-city https://www.ign.com/articles/rockstar-suggests-disney-world-and-seaworld-probably-wont-be-in-gta-6 https://www.tampabay.com/life-culture/2026/08/27/new-grand-theft-auto-footage-offers-fresh-glimpses-fictional-florida/" }, { "leonida": "Vice City", "real_world": "Miami and Miami Beach", "type": "region", "status": "Reported", "what_rockstar_says": "The city captures \"the glamour, hustle, and greed of America\", and the site names Little Cuba, the Tisha-Wocka flea market, the VC Port and Ocean Beach.", "note": "Miami New Times calls Vice City \"the game's version of Miami and Miami Beach\" and matched 20 Miami landmarks in Trailer 1 alone.", "sources": "https://www.miaminewtimes.com/arts-culture/all-the-real-life-miami-references-in-grand-theft-auto-6-trailer-18397780/ https://www.miaminewtimes.com/arts-culture/interactive-map-20-miami-landmarks-in-gta-6-and-where-to-find-them-22206001/ https://www.ign.com/wikis/gta-6/Vice_City https://www.pcgamer.com/games/grand-theft-auto/gta6-map/" }, { "leonida": "Leonida Keys", "real_world": "The Florida Keys", "type": "region", "status": "Reported", "what_rockstar_says": "\"The dress code is casual, the bars are loaded\", with some of \"the most beautiful and dangerous waters in all of America\".", "note": "Screen Rant, reporting Game Informer's map story, and Game Rant both describe the Leonida Keys as the game's Florida Keys.", "sources": "https://screenrant.com/gta-6-full-map-reveal-regions/ https://gamerant.com/gta-6-map-disney-world-parody-theme-park/ https://www.ign.com/wikis/gta-6/Leonida_Keys https://www.pcgamer.com/games/grand-theft-auto/gta6-map/" }, { "leonida": "Grassrivers", "real_world": "The Everglades", "type": "region", "status": "Reported", "what_rockstar_says": "The screenshots show mangroves, airboats and alligators, and the site warns of \"deadlier predators and weirder discoveries\" than the gators.", "note": "Screen Rant (from Game Informer), Game Rant and Polygon all describe Grassrivers as Everglades-like.", "sources": "https://screenrant.com/gta-6-full-map-reveal-regions/ https://www.polygon.com/23952805/gta-6-grand-theft-auto-leaks-release-date-trailer/ https://gamerant.com/gta-6-map-disney-world-parody-theme-park/ https://www.ign.com/wikis/gta-6/Grassrivers https://www.pcgamer.com/games/grand-theft-auto/gta6-map/" }, { "leonida": "Port Gellhorn", "real_world": "Florida's faded tourist towns; Panama City is the place most often named", "type": "region", "status": "Reported", "what_rockstar_says": "\"Leonida's forgotten coast\", full of \"cheap motels, shut-down attractions, and empty strip malls\".", "note": "Game Informer says it stands in for Florida's smaller, struggling tourist-trap areas (via Screen Rant). For a single place, Dexerto points to Panama City, and Panama City's News Herald reports that fans see their city in it. Rockstar has not named a model.", "sources": "https://screenrant.com/gta-6-full-map-reveal-regions/ https://www.dexerto.com/wikis/gta-6/map-locations-in-real-life/ https://www.newsherald.com/story/news/local/2025/05/07/some-fans-think-a-fictionalized-panama-city-could-be-in-gta-vi/83478693007/ https://www.pcgamer.com/games/grand-theft-auto/gta6-map/" }, { "leonida": "Ambrosia", "real_world": "The sugar towns around Lake Okeechobee, such as Clewiston", "type": "region", "status": "One outlet", "what_rockstar_says": "A town where the Allied Crystal sugar refinery provides the jobs and the Final Chapter biker gang \"provides almost everything else\".", "note": "Only Dexerto has made the comparison so far: it says the refinery closely resembles the U.S. Sugar refinery in Clewiston. Game Informer calls Ambrosia the manufacturing region (via Screen Rant).", "sources": "https://www.dexerto.com/wikis/gta-6/map-locations-in-real-life/ https://www.pcgamer.com/games/grand-theft-auto/gta6-map/" }, { "leonida": "Mount Kalaga National Park", "real_world": "No single real place: Leonida's version of the Florida-Georgia line", "type": "region", "status": "No match", "what_rockstar_says": "The park \"offers prime hunting, fishing, and off-road trails\".", "note": "Florida has no mountains. Game Informer places Mount Kalaga on the fictional equivalent of the Florida-Georgia line (via Screen Rant), but no outlet we trust has matched it to a specific park, so we pin the border area only.", "sources": "https://screenrant.com/gta-6-full-map-reveal-regions/ https://www.ign.com/wikis/gta-6/Mount_Kalaga_National_Park" }, { "leonida": "Ocean Beach", "real_world": "South Beach and Ocean Drive, Miami Beach", "type": "place", "status": "Reported", "what_rockstar_says": null, "note": "Ocean Beach is Rockstar's name; Miami New Times and Dexerto match its art deco strip to Ocean Drive.", "sources": "https://www.miaminewtimes.com/arts-culture/all-the-real-life-miami-references-in-grand-theft-auto-6-trailer-18397780/ https://www.dexerto.com/wikis/gta-6/map-locations-in-real-life/" }, { "leonida": "Ocean View Hotel", "real_world": "The Clevelander, Miami Beach", "type": "place", "status": "Reported", "what_rockstar_says": null, "note": "Dexerto says the hotel signs are styled the same way; Miami New Times places a Trailer 2 pool scene at \"what can only be the Clevelander\".", "sources": "https://www.dexerto.com/wikis/gta-6/map-locations-in-real-life/ https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/new-gta-6-trailer-shows-more-miami-locations-in-vivid-detail-23040082/" }, { "leonida": "Nine1Nine nightclub", "real_world": "E11even, downtown Miami", "type": "place", "status": "Reported", "what_rockstar_says": null, "note": "Both outlets read the club as a nod to E11even; Miami New Times points to its banner planes over the beach.", "sources": "https://www.miaminewtimes.com/arts-culture/all-the-real-life-miami-references-in-grand-theft-auto-6-trailer-18397780/ https://www.dexerto.com/wikis/gta-6/map-locations-in-real-life/" }, { "leonida": "Little Cuba", "real_world": "Little Havana", "type": "place", "status": "One outlet", "what_rockstar_says": null, "note": "Rockstar names Little Cuba and its \"bustling panaderias\"; Red Bull's map guide reads it as Little Havana.", "sources": "https://www.redbull.com/ch-fr/gta-6-leonida-carte-villes" }, { "leonida": "Sahara Arena, home of the Vice City Narcos", "real_world": "Kaseya Center, home of the Miami Heat", "type": "place", "status": "One outlet", "what_rockstar_says": null, "note": "Dexerto calls the building's shape unmistakable. The Heat themed their November 18 game \"A Night in Vice City\".", "sources": "https://www.dexerto.com/wikis/gta-6/map-locations-in-real-life/" }, { "leonida": "Kelly County and the VCI Airport signs", "real_world": "Miami-Dade County and Miami International Airport", "type": "place", "status": "One outlet", "what_rockstar_says": null, "note": "Miami New Times reads the highway signs in Trailer 1 this way, and Catalan Boulevard as Biscayne Boulevard.", "sources": "https://www.miaminewtimes.com/arts-culture/all-the-real-life-miami-references-in-grand-theft-auto-6-trailer-18397780/" }, { "leonida": "Vice City's port", "real_world": "PortMiami, with the downtown skyline behind", "type": "place", "status": "One outlet", "what_rockstar_says": null, "note": "Rockstar names the VC Port; Miami New Times matches the trailer's port shot to PortMiami.", "sources": "https://www.miaminewtimes.com/arts-culture/all-the-real-life-miami-references-in-grand-theft-auto-6-trailer-18397780/" }, { "leonida": "Uncle Jack's Liquor", "real_world": "Big Daddy's Liquors (Flanigan's)", "type": "place", "status": "One outlet", "what_rockstar_says": null, "note": "Miami New Times points to the mustachioed silhouette on the door.", "sources": "https://www.miaminewtimes.com/arts-culture/all-the-real-life-miami-references-in-grand-theft-auto-6-trailer-18397780/" }, { "leonida": "The alligator-themed park in Rockstar's marketing", "real_world": "Gatorland, south of Orlando", "type": "place", "status": "One outlet", "what_rockstar_says": null, "note": "Kotaku's reading; Rockstar has not named the park's model.", "sources": "https://kotaku.com/it-sure-doesnt-sound-like-gta-6-will-include-a-disney-world-parody-2000738468" } ], "leftOut": [ { "name": "Tisha-Wocka flea market and Opa-locka", "why": "The name points that way and fan wikis say so, but no outlet we use has made the match yet." }, { "name": "Lake Leonida and Lake Okeechobee", "why": "Rockstar names Lake Leonida only in the Ultimate Edition copy; no outlet we use has paired it with a real lake." }, { "name": "Disney World, SeaWorld, Universal and Cape Canaveral", "why": "Asked about them, Rockstar's Paul MacPherson said the game \"may not have those exact locations\" (Kotaku, IGN)." }, { "name": "Anything from the 2022 leak or the leaked map", "why": "We never use leaked material, so no pairing here relies on it." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "It Sure Doesn't Sound Like GTA 6 Will Include A Disney World Parody (Kotaku)", "url": "https://kotaku.com/it-sure-doesnt-sound-like-gta-6-will-include-a-disney-world-parody-2000738468", "date": "2026-09-29" }, { "title": "Rockstar Suggests Disney World and SeaWorld Probably Won't Be in GTA 6 (IGN)", "url": "https://www.ign.com/articles/rockstar-suggests-disney-world-and-seaworld-probably-wont-be-in-gta-6", "date": "2026-09-30" }, { "title": "Grand Theft Auto VI: Only in Leonida (Rockstar Games: \"must-see destinations across the sunshine state\")", "url": "https://www.rockstargames.com/VI/only-in-leonida/vice-city", "date": "2026-10-06" }, { "title": "New 'Grand Theft Auto' footage offers fresh glimpses of fictional Florida (Tampa Bay Times)", "url": "https://www.tampabay.com/life-culture/2026/08/27/new-grand-theft-auto-footage-offers-fresh-glimpses-fictional-florida/", "date": "2026-08-27" }, { "title": "All the Real-Life Easter Eggs in the Grand Theft Auto 6 Trailer (Miami New Times)", "url": "https://www.miaminewtimes.com/arts-culture/all-the-real-life-miami-references-in-grand-theft-auto-6-trailer-18397780/", "date": "2023-12-06" }, { "title": "Vice City IRL: Interactive Map Shows 20 Miami Landmarks in GTA 6 (Miami New Times)", "url": "https://www.miaminewtimes.com/arts-culture/interactive-map-20-miami-landmarks-in-gta-6-and-where-to-find-them-22206001/", "date": "2025-01-13" }, { "title": "Vice City guide (IGN, quoting Rockstar's site)", "url": "https://www.ign.com/wikis/gta-6/Vice_City", "date": "2025-05-07" }, { "title": "Charting the GTA 6 map (PC Gamer: \"Inspired by real-life Miami proper\")", "url": "https://www.pcgamer.com/games/grand-theft-auto/gta6-map/", "date": "2026-08-18" }, { "title": "GTA 6 Full Map Revealed With 6 New Regions (Screen Rant, from Game Informer)", "url": "https://screenrant.com/gta-6-full-map-reveal-regions/", "date": "2026-09-29" }, { "title": "GTA 6's Map Is Still Hiding One of Its Most Obvious Florida Parodies (Game Rant)", "url": "https://gamerant.com/gta-6-map-disney-world-parody-theme-park/", "date": "2026-09-17" }, { "title": "Leonida Keys guide (IGN, quoting Rockstar's site)", "url": "https://www.ign.com/wikis/gta-6/Leonida_Keys", "date": "2025-05-07" }, { "title": "GTA 6: Everything we know (Polygon: \"the Everglades-like Grassrivers region\")", "url": "https://www.polygon.com/23952805/gta-6-grand-theft-auto-leaks-release-date-trailer/", "date": "2025-05-07" }, { "title": "Grassrivers guide (IGN)", "url": "https://www.ign.com/wikis/gta-6/Grassrivers", "date": "2025-05-07" }, { "title": "GTA 6 map locations in real life (Dexerto)", "url": "https://www.dexerto.com/wikis/gta-6/map-locations-in-real-life/", "date": "2026-05-13" }, { "title": "Is Panama City featured in the upcoming GTA VI? Some fans think so (The News Herald)", "url": "https://www.newsherald.com/story/news/local/2025/05/07/some-fans-think-a-fictionalized-panama-city-could-be-in-gta-vi/83478693007/", "date": "2025-05-07" }, { "title": "Mount Kalaga National Park guide (IGN, quoting Rockstar's site)", "url": "https://www.ign.com/wikis/gta-6/Mount_Kalaga_National_Park", "date": "2025-05-07" }, { "title": "New GTA 6 Trailer Unveils a Trove of Recognizable Vice City Locations (Miami New Times)", "url": "https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/new-gta-6-trailer-shows-more-miami-locations-in-vivid-detail-23040082/", "date": "2025-05-07" }, { "title": "GTA 6 : Leonida, la carte du jeu (Red Bull)", "url": "https://www.redbull.com/ch-fr/gta-6-leonida-carte-villes", "date": "2026-07-24" } ] }