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Pielpajärvi Lake – Wooden Bridge River Crossing loop from Pielpajärven erämaakirkko

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Inari

Pielpajärvi Lake – Wooden Bridge River Crossing loop from Pielpajärven erämaakirkko

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Pielpajärvi Lake – Wooden Bridge River Crossing loop from Pielpajärven erämaakirkko

02:27

9.44km

60m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 19, 2026

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Parking

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26 m

Peljärvi Wilderness Church Trailhead and Parking

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Parking area for walks to the wilderness Church. Dry toilets are available.

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575 m

Pielpajärvi Lake

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Many small lakes on the way to the church

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3.17 km

Wooden Bridge River Crossing

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Beautiful river crossing on a old wooden boardwalk.

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4.57 km

Sevettijärvi Wilderness Church and Day Hut

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Day Hut with fireplaces and toilets.

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4.73 km

Pielpajärvi Church Trail – Winter Information Board

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Winter
In the heart of winter, the landscape is shrouded in a blue dusk, but the full moon of the polar night makes the forests shimmer. Under the starry sky, …

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9.44 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.43 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

9.38 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Tuesday 23 June

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Comments

October 11, 2023,Hiking Tour

a very nice tour through a beautiful forest along various lakes to a wooden church (1754). Shelter, feeding area available.

August 29, 2022,Wildniskirche von Pielpajärvi

In Inari we stopped at the wilderness church parking lot and hiked the 4.5 km to the church. The path was rocky, with many roots, partly over planks and bridges. Super beautiful forest and lots of lakes. The Wilderness Church is a very old wooden church that is still used a few times a year.

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July 16, 2021,Wanderung zur Sami Wildniss Kirche

Shortly after the Siida Museum, a side road branches off, on which you will soon reach a parking lot, from which it is only 4.5 km to the Wilderness Church.
For German speakers it is 5 km :-)
The Sami were nomands and Christianization was not so easy. A church building could hardly travel with you.
And so this wilderness …

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August 14, 2024,Finnland 🇫🇮: Inari - Kirche von Pielpajärvi

A scenic hike takes me to the Pielpajärvi Hermit Church, which was built between 1752 and 1760 in the middle of a birch forest and was then a central location for the Inari area. The church is one of the oldest buildings in Northern Lapland. It lies north of Inari on the shore of Lake Iso Pielpajärvi in the middle …

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June 25, 2025,Pielpajärvi Wilderness Church

A unique wooden church, five kilometres walk from the nearest road. The marked trail that goes along lakes lakeshore is nice, but rough to walk.

September 3, 2022,Pielpajärvi - früher Treffpunkt der Sami im Winter

The Sami used to meet at the church for a week in winter and two days in summer. Church services were held, contracts were concluded, disputes were settled and one or the other relationship was certainly cultivated.
By the way, hiking here is totally relaxing.

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June 12, 2022,Pielpajärven Erämaakirkko - Wilderness Church bei Inari (Finnland)

Attention: for technical reasons, the return hike was not recorded correctly. It is identical to the way there. There and back it is just over 10 km, the total hiking time was two hours.

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Pielpajärvi Lake – Wooden Bridge River Crossing loop from Pielpajärven erämaakirkko

Peljärvi Wilderness Church Trailhead and Parking

Boulders in the Forest

Large Boulder

Pielpajärvi Lake

Wooden Bridge River Crossing

Sevettijärvi Wilderness Church and Day Hut

Altar and Pulpit

Pielpajärvi Church Trail – Winter Information Board

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