Blaine County is a county in southern San Andreas, featured in Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online. It is bordered by Los Santos County to the south and Paleto County to the northwest. Blaine County's characteristics include an open desert region, as well as thick forests with large mountains. Blaine County is the single largest rural area in the Grand Theft Auto series. Blaine County contains the towns of Grapeseed, Sandy Shores and Paleto Bay, as well as several other smaller settlements. Blaine County is separated from Los Santos County by Route 68. Even though being a separate county, it is also patrolled by the Los Santos County Sheriff's Department as Sheriff Cruisers can be seen patrolling the highways.
Inhabited communities in Blaine County
Towns
- Grapeseed (Bakersfield/Lamont/Grapevine)
- Sandy Shores (Desert Shores/Bombay Beach)
- Paleto Bay (Fillmore)
- North Chumash (Port Hueneme/Santa Barbara)
- Harmony (Oasis/Victorville)
Villages and Unincorporated Communities/Settlements
Mountains, Ranges, & Valleys
- Chiliad Mountain State Wilderness (San Gorgonio Wilderness)
- Raton Canyon (Bixby Creek)
- Mount Chiliad (Mount San Gorgonio/Big Bear Mountain)
- Braddock Pass (Yucca Valley)
- Mount Gordo (Mount San Jacinto)
- San Chianski Mountain Range (San Jacinto Mountains)
- Mount Josiah (Mount San Antonio)
Places of Interest
- 140 Zancudo Avenue
- 0232 Paleto Boulevard
- 1893 Grapeseed Avenue
- 4401 Procopio Drive
- 4584 Procopio Drive
- Beam Me Up (Salvation Mountain)
- Bolingbroke Penitentiary (California Correctional Institution)
- El Gordo Lighthouse (Pigeon Point)
- Fort Zancudo (Naval Base Ventura County)
- Grand Senora Desert (Palm Desert/Mojave Desert)
- Heart Attack Beach (San Gregorio State Beach)
- Lago Zancudo (Mugu Lagoon)
- Paleto Forest (San Bernardino National Forest)
- RON Alternates Wind Farm (Tehachapi Pass Wind Farm)
Airfields
Notable Residents
- Altruist Cult Victim
- Ashley Butler (until 2013)
- Chef
- Civil Border Patrol (until 2013)
- Clay Simons (until 2013)
- Cletus Ewing
- Clinton
- Elwood O'Neil and the O'Neil Brothers (until 2013)
- Griff
- Janet
- Jock Cranley (formerly)
- Johnny Klebitz (until 2013)
- Jolene Cranley-Evans (formerly)
- The Lost
- Maude Eccles
- Michael De Santa (temporarily)
- Mushroom Hank
- Patricia Madrazo (temporarily)
- Ortega (until 2013)
- Ron Jakowski
- Ursula (until 2013 if delivered to the Altruist Cult)
- Terry Thorpe (until 2013)
- Trevor Philips (until 2013 if option A is chosen)
- Wade Hebert (formerly)
- Wallis
Businesses
- 24-Hour Chinese Restaurant
- 24/7
- Ammu-Nation
- Animal Ark
- Auto Repairs
- Blaine County Board of Tourism
- Blaine County Savings Bank
- Buddy's Trucking
- Checkout!
- Derelict Motel
- Grapeseed Supermarket
- Larry's RV Sales
- Liquor Ace
- Liquor Market
- Rex's Diner
- Sonar Collections Dock
- Taco Bomb
- The Hen House
- The Paint Shop
- Trevor Philips Enterprises
- Up-n-Atom Burger
- Yellow Jack Inn
- You Tool
Influence
Blaine County is an amalgamation of several Southern Californian counties adjacent to Los Angeles and the Salton Sea. For example, the eastern desert and more rural areas near the Alamo Sea appear to most closely resemble western Imperial and Riverside counties whereas the western and more northerly areas such as North Chumash and Paleto Bay draw inspiration from southwestern Ventura County, and many of the northernmost and southernmost areas such as Paleto Forest and Bolingbroke Penitentiary, draw inspiration from southern San Bernardino County. The area is also very mountainous compared to the adjacent Los Santos County.
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Trivia
- There is a county in the U.S. state of Idaho also called Blaine County.
- Some radio stations based in Los Santos (such as West Coast Talk Radio) will fade out into static and switch over to Blaine County Talk Radio when the player crosses the county line into Blaine County.
- Despite being an independent county, Blaine County is still patrolled by the Los Santos County Sheriff's Department, which logically should only operate in Los Santos County.
- Trevor Philips lives in Blaine County because he feels it's more "authentic" than Los Santos, and it's closer to the production of his stock in trade: meth and guns.
| Grand Theft Auto V | |
|---|---|
| Locations | State of San Andreas (Los Santos (County) and Blaine County) | State of North Yankton (Ludendorff) |
| Characters | Michael De Santa | Trevor Philips | Franklin Clinton | Lamar Davis | Amanda De Santa | Jimmy De Santa | Tracey De Santa | Chop | Simeon Yetarian | Martin Madrazo | Lester Crest | Ron Jakowski | Wade Hebert | Dave Norton | Steve Haines | Devin Weston | Stretch | Wei Cheng |
| Content | Missions | Strangers and Freaks | Random Events | Vehicles | Weapons | Properties | Safehouses | Characters | Clothing | Tattoo Parlors | Radio Stations | Internet | TV Shows |
| Information | 100% Completion | Achievements/Trophies | Cheats | Trailers | Screenshots | Artworks | Snapmatic | Rockstar Editor | Grand Theft Auto Online |