Region · Spotted Trailer 1, December 2023; road sign and mall sign
Waning Sands
A named town in Leonard County, north of Vice City. Appears twice in Trailer 1: on a highway road sign pointing away from Vice City, and on a shopping mall sign in the aerial shot from inside a Tulip helicopter.
Waning Sands is the best-documented settlement in Leonard County, the county north of Vice-Dale. It appears twice in Trailer 1 from December 2023. The first appearance is on a highway road sign pointing north out of Vice City, naming it as the destination up the road. The second is on a shopping mall sign in the aerial shot taken from inside a Tulip helicopter, in the same suburban sequence where Leonard County Sheriff vehicles are visible.
The name reads as a reference to coastal erosion. Broward County, the real county north of Miami-Dade that Leonard County mirrors, has faced documented beach loss for decades, making Waning Sands a fitting name for a fictional seaside suburb. The name comes from legible in-world signage in official footage, not from any written Rockstar description.
What Waning Sands contains beyond its name is unconfirmed. The road sign and mall sign establish it as a named destination with at least a shopping complex, but no missions, businesses, or interior locations there have been shown. It is the clearest evidence that the suburban belt north of Vice City has named, distinct settlements rather than nameless sprawl.
What we know
- Town in Leonard County, directly north of Vice City
- Named on a highway road sign pointing north out of Vice City in Trailer 1 (December 2023)
- Named on a shopping mall sign in the Trailer 1 aerial sequence filmed from inside a Tulip helicopter
- Name likely references coastal erosion, fitting the Broward County analogue on the Florida coast
- Identified only from legible in-world signage in official footage; not in any Rockstar written description
- Specific contents, missions, and businesses are unconfirmed until launch
Frequently asked
Where is Waning Sands in GTA 6?+
Waning Sands is a town in Leonard County, the county north of Vice City. A highway road sign names it as a destination north of the city in Trailer 1 from December 2023.
What is in Waning Sands?+
A highway road sign and a shopping mall sign establish its name in Trailer 1. Beyond that, the town's specific contents, missions, and interior locations have not been confirmed.