Map region
Mountains region guide
The Mountains region groups seven named footprints: Mount Chiliad, Mount Gordo, Mount Josiah, the Vinewood Hills, the Tataviam Mountains, the Tongva Hills and the Calafia Bridge. They take priority over every other zone, so some famous sights near Los Santos, like the Vinewood sign, are mountain rounds.
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Landmarks to know
- Mount Chiliad summit
- The highest point on the map has a bare rocky top, a cable car station and views down to Paleto Bay and the Alamo Sea. Pine forest covers the lower slopes, crossed by dirt trails.
- Chiliad foothills and the north coast
- The Mount Chiliad footprint is broad. It reaches down to the northern shore of the Alamo Sea and along the north coast east of Paleto Bay, so forest roads with glimpses of water are often mountain rounds.
- The Vinewood sign
- The white letters stand on a steep, dry hillside above the city, reached by narrow winding roads. The sign lies inside the Vinewood Hills footprint, so it counts as Mountains, not Los Santos.
- Galileo Observatory
- A white Art Deco building with domes and a terrace sits on a ridge above the city. The wide view south over the skyline is the giveaway. Like the sign, it belongs to the Vinewood Hills.
- Vinewood Hills homes
- Modernist mansions, garages set into the slope, retaining walls and hairpin roads fill the hills north of Vinewood Boulevard. Downtown towers below you, seen between trees and rooftops, confirm the location.
- Land Act Dam and reservoir
- A tall concrete dam holds back a reservoir in the hills east of Vinewood. Its curved wall, the water behind it and the dry ridges around it all fall inside the Tataviam Mountains footprint.
- Tongva Hills vineyard
- Rolling hills with neat rows of vines and a large estate sit inland from the west coast, north of Banham Canyon. Vine rows on dry, golden slopes are the quickest way to recognize this footprint.
- Mount Gordo
- Rugged slopes drop to the sea on the northeast coast, with the El Gordo lighthouse on a point nearby. The lighthouse itself is countryside, but the hills behind it and much of the coast road belong to Mount Gordo.
Which areas count as mountains
A location inside any of the seven mountain footprints is a mountain round, even when it also sits inside an urban or countryside zone. That is why the Vinewood Hills above the boulevard, the Land Act Dam and the Calafia Bridge over the Zancudo River are all Mountains.
Mount Josiah covers the high ground north and east of Fort Zancudo, and the Tataviam Mountains cover the dry ridges and freeways east of the city. Not every hill qualifies, though. The San Chianski Mountain Range in the east and Raton Canyon count as Countryside, because the Mountains region uses only its listed footprints.
Reading high ground
Elevation is the first clue. If the land drops away on several sides, you are probably on a ridge. Then find the biggest reference: the Los Santos skyline to the south places you in the Vinewood Hills or Tataviam Mountains, while the Alamo Sea below points to Chiliad's southern slopes.
Vegetation separates north from south. Chiliad, Gordo and Josiah carry pine forest and green undergrowth. The Vinewood Hills, Tataviam and Tongva are drier, with scrub, scattered trees and golden grass, and they sit much closer to houses, vineyards or freeways.
Roads are sparse. Switchbacks and gravel trails point to the high slopes, while paved hairpins with driveways belong to the Vinewood Hills. A freeway winding between dry ridges east of the city is inside the Tataviam footprint.
Playing a mountain round
Mountain rounds reward looking before walking. Turn a full circle first, because a single view of the city, the ocean or the Alamo Sea can cut the search area in half. Zoom helps pick out distant towers or the Vinewood sign.
To practice only here, select Mountains alone in the region filter. The filter only chooses where rounds start, so you can still walk across a footprint edge. Restricted games are Custom and do not count toward the weekly board.
Tips for Mountains
The Vinewood sign, the observatory and the hillside mansions are mountain rounds, not Los Santos.
Pine forest with a view of the Alamo Sea usually means the southern slopes of Mount Chiliad.
Rows of vines on dry hills near the west coast point to the Tongva Hills.
A concrete dam and reservoir east of the city belong to the Tataviam Mountains.
Rocky coast in the far northeast is Mount Gordo, although the lighthouse itself is countryside.