Red Dead Redemption map: three territories, the towns and how it differs from RDR2

We drew this diagram ourselves. The positions of 24 places were taken from two independent maps, the in-game paper map and JFlynnXYZ's redrawn fan map (both hosted on Red Dead Wiki), and fitted into one coordinate system. The two sources mostly differ by no more than 2-3% of the map width. The grey outlines only group places by territory; they are not exact borders.

Each territory is split into regions, visible on the in-game map and in the names of the area maps sold in stores. Red Dead Wiki and gamepressure list the same regions.

New Austin is the desert and canyons of the American frontier, the game's first territory. Nuevo Paraíso is a fictional northern Mexico; gamepressure even titles this part of its guide "Northern Mexico". West Elizabeth is the Great Plains prairie and the pine forests of Tall Trees, with the Cochinay mountains where the Dutch storyline ends. The missions that unlock each territory are on the Red Dead Redemption missions page.

The map starts empty: places appear as John reaches them. To reveal a region at once, buy its map at a General Store. According to Red Dead Wiki and gamepressure, they are sold here:

Rockstar never published the world's area. The most quoted figure is a 2012 fan measurement from GTAForums, about 12 square miles (≈31 km²), also cited by Screen Rant. Players estimate RDR2's map at about 29 square miles (≈75 km²), so it is more than twice as large.

Roughly two thirds of the first game's world carried over into RDR2: New Austin and southern West Elizabeth with Blackwater, the Great Plains and Tall Trees. The differences:

• There is no Mexico in RDR2. Nuevo Paraíso exists only in the first game.
• New Austin is off-limits to Arthur. You can only go there in the epilogue, playing as John, and Armadillo has been ravaged by cholera.
• Beecher's Hope is not built yet. The ranch where RDR1 ends is built by John in RDR2's epilogue.
• The east is new. Ambarino, New Hanover and Lemoyne only appear in RDR2.

The full map of the second game is on the RDR2 map page.