Barn Quilts of Minnesota

Make your way through Central Minnesota while discovering beautiful barn quilts along the way. Use a Barn Quilt Trail map as your guide!

Typically when we hear the word quilt, we automatically think of fabric.  Quilts aren’t always fabric; they can be painted on wood or on other things besides fabric.

If you wander some of the back roads of MN you might even spot some on barns and buildings.

Just last weekend I was driving between Chaska and Waconia and I spotted a beautiful quilt painted on a barn.

Driving the smaller country roads means you get to see different scenery, a chance to explore the smaller towns and maybe even meet some of the locals.  The locations and counties you can find Barn Quilts seems to be growing a little each year. 

Barn Quilts of Central Minnesota has created a map for a Barn Quilt Trail that includes over 100 quilts on barns throughout the area. You can try to see them all or take a self-guided “mini-tour” and hit 35+ barn quilts in only 30 minutes!

Another helpful map for barn quilt viewing is put together by Barn Quilts of Carver County. They have a printable brochure that includes a map of the first 25 barn quilt and farm locations.

And here’s another one for a Washington County Barn Quilt Trail. This one includes 18 different locations with a suggested map for traveling in an order that allows you to see them all.

While the maps above are for just a few parts of Minnesota, keep your eyes peeled as they can be found all over!

Don’t forget when you are on the smaller country roads you can check out what some of the smaller towns have to offer. 

We’ve discovered great pizza, small town cafes and even coffee shops when we’ve been out wandering.  Who knows…you might even cross paths with the mayor of the small town you stop in.