Rest areas in Minnesota
Signed stops along the through road — somewhere legal to pause, stretch, and read the map. Named what the road record names them.
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61 rest areas are published in Minnesota. The list below holds the 27 best-documented.
- US-71: Park Rapids Rest Area
- Gooseberry Falls Rest Area
- Big Sandy Lake Overlook
- Saint Croix Weigh Station
- Claybank Pits
- Otter Tail Rest Area
- Rum River Rest Area
- Split Rock Lighthouse Overlook
- US-59 Sauers Lake Rest Area
- John Liebenstein Memorial Rest Area
- Elm Creek Rest Area
- State Line Wayside
- Brainerd Lakes Area Welcome Center
- New Market Rest Area - Southbound
- Dresbach Rest Area
- Minnesota Welcome Center
- Enterprise - Eastbound Rest Area
- US-12: Pomme de Terre Rest Area
- Tettegouche Rest Area
- US-53: Independence Rest Area
- Battle Lake Wayside Rest
- Lake Pepin Rest Area
- Lake City Concourse
- Highforest - Eastbound Rest Area
- MN-210: McGregor Rest Area
- Central Minnesota Rest Area & Travel Information Center
- US-10 Frazee Rest Area