Save Points in GTA San Andreas

"Property bought" screen; shown after purchase of a safehouse

In Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, there are 37 save points (the most in any Grand Theft Auto game) that Carl Johnson can acquire. These are divided into story save points, which are granted to Carl as he progresses through the storyline, and safe houses, which are save points with added amenities that Carl may purchase after unlocking them by completing certain missions. All safe houses are needed for 100% completion of the the game (contributing 15% of the total), costing a total of $879,000.

Main Save Points and Safehouses

There are eight main save points and safehouses that are made available to Carl as he completes missions in the game's story. All are free of charge with one exception. These may or may not be inside an enclosed structure, and most consist of no more than a save icon and, in certain safe points, a usable garage. Only the Johnson House has a wardrobe. Although the player can choose to make any safehouse a "home base" during various chapters of the game, the game storyline will generally place these save points as key "home base" locations, particularly the Johnson House, Doherty Garage and the Abandoned AC Tower.

Image	Name	Style	Location	Price	Garage	Unlocked by
	Johnson House	Two-story	Ganton, Los Santos	Free	Medium Garage	Sweet & Kendl
	Angel Pine Save Point	Cabin	Angel Pine, Whetstone	Free	None, but a Sanchez spawns by the trailer	The Green Sabre
	Catalina's Hideout	Cabin	Fern Ridge, Red County	Free	None, but a Buffalo spawns by the hideout	King in Exile
	Doherty Garage	Filling Station	Doherty, San Fierro	Free	Big Garage; the other three garages are not used	Are You Going to San Fierro?
	Mike Toreno's Ranch	Ranch	Tierra Robada	Free	None, but a Washington spawns near the house	Yay Ka-Boom-Boom
	Abandoned AC tower	Abandoned Airstrip	Verdant Meadows, Bone County	$80,000	Medium Garage and Aircraft Hangar, a PCJ-600 often spawns near the save point even before the property is bought	Verdant Meadows
	The Four Dragons	Casino	The Strip, Las Venturas	Free	None, but cars usually spawn on the road in front of the Casino	Learning to Fly
	Madd Dogg's Crib	Mansion	Mulholland, Los Santos	Free	None, but a Sparrow spawns on the rooftop and random cars may spawn in the driveway	A Home in the Hills

Purchasable Safehouses

There are 29 other safehouses scattered around the state that are unlocked at various points in the story, including five hotel suites. These safehouses are purchasable properties containing a save icon as well as a wardrobe, which distinguishes them from save points. Safehouses may also contain usable garages, capable of storing up to four vehicles. It is noteworthy that hotel suites do not include any garage.

Image	Name	Style	Location	Price	Garage	Unlocked by
Los Santos
	Jefferson Safehouse	Medium-end	Jefferson, Los Santos	$10,000	None, but after exiting the house, a random vehicle may be driven by the driver onto the nearby driveway	In the Beginning
	Verdant Bluffs Safehouse	Low-end	Verdant Bluffs, Los Santos	$10,000	Medium Garage	In the Beginning
	Verona Beach Safehouse	Apartment	Verona Beach, Los Santos	$10,000	None, but random vehicles can spawn in the apartment complex's parking lot	In the Beginning
	Willowfield Safehouse	Low-end	Willowfield, Los Santos	$10,000	None, but after exiting the house, a random vehicle may be driven by the driver onto the nearby driveway	In the Beginning
	Santa Maria Beach Safehouse	Beach House	Santa Maria Beach, Los Santos	$30,000	Medium Garage; Some random vehicles can sometimes spawn in front of the house	In the Beginning
	Mulholland Safehouse	High-end	Mulholland, Los Santos	$120,000	Small Garage	In the Beginning
Red County
	Blueberry Safehouse	Apartment	Blueberry, Red County	$10,000	None	The Green Sabre
	Palomino Creek Safehouse	Medium-end	Palomino Creek, Red County	$35,000	Small Garage	The Green Sabre
	Dillimore Safehouse	Medium-end	Dillimore, Red County	$40,000	Small Garage	The Green Sabre
Flint County
	Flint County Safehouse	Farm	Flint County	$100,000	None, but a Tractor, Walton, and a Sanchez spawn around the safehouse/farm	The Green Sabre
Whetstone
	Angel Pine Safehouse	Low-end	Angel Pine, Whetstone	$20,000	None	The Green Sabre
San Fierro
	Chinatown Safehouse	Apartment	Chinatown, San Fierro	$20,000	None, but several vehicles spawn on the road, upon exiting the house.	Are You Going to San Fierro?
	Doherty Safehouse	Apartment	Doherty, San Fierro	$20,000	None, but several vehicles spawn on the road, upon exiting the house.	Are You Going to San Fierro?
	Paradiso Safehouse	Medium-end	Paradiso, San Fierro	$20,000	Medium Garage	Are You Going to San Fierro?
	Hashbury Safehouse	Hidden Apartment	Hashbury, San Fierro	$40,000	Big Garage	Are You Going to San Fierro?
	Calton Heights Safehouse	High-end	Calton Heights, San Fierro	$100,000	Medium Garage	Are You Going to San Fierro?
Tierra Robada
	El Quebrados Safehouse	Low-end	El Quebrados, Tierra Robada	$20,000	None, but cars commonly spawn on the road, upon exiting the house.	Yay Ka-Boom-Boom
	Tierra Robada Safehouse	Low-end	Tierra Robada	$20,000	None, but a Sanchez sometimes spawns near the house.	Yay Ka-Boom-Boom
Bone County
	Fort Carson Safehouse	Low-end	Fort Carson, Bone County	$30,000	Medium Garage	Yay Ka-Boom-Boom
Las Venturas
	Creek Safehouse	Apartment	Creek, Las Venturas	$10,000	None, but a BMX spawns near the house	Learning to Fly
	Rockshore West Safehouse	Medium-end	Rockshore West, Las Venturas	$20,000	Small Garage	Learning to Fly
	Redsands West Safehouse	Medium-end	Redsands West, Las Venturas	$30,000	Small Garage	Learning to Fly
	Whitewood Estates Safehouse	Medium-end	Whitewood Estates, Las Venturas	$30,000	Small Garage	Learning to Fly
	Prickle Pine Safehouse	Two-story	Prickle Pine, Las Venturas	$50,000	Medium Garage	Learning to Fly

Hotel Suites

Image	Name	Style	Location	Price	Unlocked by
	Vank Hoff in the Park Hotel Suite	Hotel Suite	Queens, San Fierro	$50,000	Are You Going to San Fierro?
	Old Venturas Strip Hotel Suite	Hotel Suite and Casino	Old Venturas Strip, Las Venturas	$6,000	Learning to Fly
	Pirates in Men's Pants Hotel Suite	Hotel Suite and Casino	Pirates in Men's Pants, Las Venturas	$6,000	Learning to Fly
	The Camel's Toe Hotel Suite	Hotel Suite and Casino	The Camel's Toe, Las Venturas	$6,000	Learning to Fly
	The Clown's Pocket Hotel Suite	Hotel Suite and Casino	The Clown's Pocket, Las Venturas	$6,000	Learning to Fly

Oversights

• Saving the game in a safehouse with a garage attached to it will often remove custom graphic paint jobs from Loco Lo Co. or Wheel Arch Angels. It is best to keep these vehicles in a garage Carl won't save at to prevent this from happening. Custom Color paint, two-tone, interiors, and vinyl roofs, however, will stay intact even when saving at that garage. Body modifications and rims also remain untouched.
• A glitch exists where vehicles vanish. This happens if the player has stored in a garage, for example, a vehicle that can't be modified with a vehicle that can be modified only at Wheel Arch Angels and one of the vehicles will disappear. To prevent this from happening store in garages vehicles of the same type: those that can't be tuned, those that can be tuned only at Transfender, lowriders and tuners.
• When storing and saving the NRG-500 from the NRG-500 Challenge in a garage, attempting to replay the challenge will cause the previous NRG-500 you stored to disappear from the garage.

Trivia

• Motel Rooms were planned to be used as safehouses but were left unused in the final version. Despite being unused interiors, they still include access to the Wardrobe, but lack a save icon.
• When a safehouse's garage reaches its limit of vehicles, the player can open the garage door by approaching it on foot. If they are quick enough, they can return to their vehicle and drive it inside the garage before the door closes. The vehicle will be saved, but may be difficult to retrieve if too many vehicles are stored in the garage. Sometimes one of the saved vehicles will disappear when over the limit.
• The camera does not automatically pan back when the player enters the garages at the Verdant Bluffs Safehouse or Calton Heights Safehouse.