All GTA 6 locations in real life

Waning Sands ↔ Aventura, Floridaconfirmed

Waning Sands in GTA VI is tentatively matched to Aventura, the high-rise mall city north of Miami — with Pembroke Pines also named by trackers. The pairing is position-based and remains one of the least settled in the community.

Vice City Downtown ↔ Downtown Miami and Brickell, Floridaconfirmed

Vice City's high-rise core in GTA VI mirrors Downtown Miami and Brickell. Trailer skyline shots line up with the bayfront towers, and Rockstar frames modern Vice City as the glamour and greed of America captured in a single city.

Little Haiti ↔ Little Haiti, Miami, Floridaconfirmed

Little Haiti appears by its real name in confirmed GTA VI location lists — the game district maps onto Miami's Caribbean cultural quarter along NE 2nd Avenue, home of the Caribbean Marketplace and a fast-changing mural and gallery scene.

Little Cuba ↔ Little Havana, Miami, Floridaspeculative

Little Cuba in GTA VI mirrors Little Havana, Miami's Cuban heart. Rockstar's official description highlights bustling panaderias, matching the cafeterias and bakeries along the real Calle Ocho (SW 8th Street).

Vice City Beach ↔ Miami Beach, Floridaconfirmed

Vice City Beach in GTA VI is based on Miami Beach, Florida. The wide sandy shoreline, pastel lifeguard towers and Art Deco skyline shown in the trailers match South Beach almost one-to-one.

Vice City International Airport ↔ Miami International Airport, Floridaconfirmed

Vice City International Airport in GTA VI maps onto Miami International Airport. Leaked and official materials show a working airport with a tram stop — matching MIA, whose MIA Mover people-mover links the terminals to the rental car center.

VC Port ↔ PortMiami, Miami, Floridaconfirmed

VC Port in GTA VI is described by Rockstar as the cruise ship capital of the world — the exact title the real PortMiami holds. The game's port district maps onto Dodge Island between Downtown Miami and Miami Beach.

Venetian Islands ↔ Venetian Islands, Miami Beach, Floridaconfirmed

The Venetian Islands appear under their real name in confirmed GTA VI lists. In reality this is a chain of man-made islands strung along the Venetian Causeway between Downtown Miami and Miami Beach — one of the city's most scenic drives.

Washington Beach ↔ Washington Avenue, South Beach, Miami Beach, Floridalikely

Washington Beach returns from the classic Vice City and appears in GTA VI location lists. Its real anchor is Washington Avenue — South Beach's workhorse artery of clubs, delis and deco storefronts one block inland from Ocean Drive.

Stockyard ↔ Wynwood, Miami, Floridaconfirmed

Stockyard in GTA VI is the community-identified counterpart of Wynwood, Miami's street-art district. The name appears in confirmed location lists; fan mapping ties its warehouse-and-murals character to the real Wynwood Walls area.

Leonida Keys ↔ Florida Keys, Floridaconfirmed

The Leonida Keys in GTA VI are the game's version of the Florida Keys. Rockstar's description of a laid-back tropical archipelago with loaded bars matches the island chain along the Overseas Highway, and Trailer 2 places Jason and Lucia's starting home here.

Key Lento ↔ Key Largo, Floridalikely

Key Lento in GTA VI is the community-identified twin of Key Largo, the first and largest of the Florida Keys. The name appears in official materials; the mapping to Key Largo comes from fan analysis of geography and naming.

Grassrivers ↔ Everglades National Park, Floridaconfirmed

Grassrivers in GTA VI is the game's take on the Everglades. Rockstar's official description of gators, mangroves and a primordial wetland maps directly onto the real river of grass west of Miami, down to the airboat scenes in the trailers.

Watson Bay ↔ Cedar Key, Floridaconfirmed

Watson Bay in GTA VI is mapped by trackers to Cedar Key, an Old-Florida island town on the Gulf. Far from any interstate, the real Cedar Key lives on clam farming, artists and stilt houses — a fitting model for a sleepy in-game fishing bay.

Port Gellhorn ↔ Panama City, Floridaconfirmed

Port Gellhorn in GTA VI is matched by fans to Panama City on Florida's Gulf Coast. Rockstar's forgotten coast of cheap motels and shut-down attractions echoes the faded old-Florida beach-town strip the real area is known for.

Mount Kalaga National Park ↔ Ocala National Forest, Floridaconfirmed

Mount Kalaga National Park, Leonida's rugged north, borrows from northern Florida's wild country — Ocala National Forest is the closest in-state model for its hunting, fishing and off-road trails, while the canyon scenes echo Georgia landscapes.

Ambrosia ↔ Clewiston, Floridaconfirmed

Ambrosia in GTA VI is matched to Clewiston, America's Sweetest Town on Lake Okeechobee. Rockstar's description centers a sugar refinery that provides the jobs — Clewiston is the headquarters town of U.S. Sugar in real life.

Lake Leonida ↔ Lake Okeechobee, Floridaconfirmed

Lake Leonida, the great inland lake of GTA VI's map, mirrors Lake Okeechobee — Florida's inland sea. Both anchor the state's agricultural heart, and the game's Ambrosia sits on Lake Leonida just as sugar-town Clewiston sits on the real lake.