The Pielpajärvi erämaakirkko — "wilderness church" — is a small whitewashed wooden Lutheran chapel built in 1760 on the site of the original 17th-century Inari church. The building is reached only by a six-kilometre walking trail through the forest from the Siida museum or from the parking area at Heikinniemi — there is no road. The walk is easy, mostly flat, signposted, and crosses small streams on plank bridges.
The church sits in a clearing in the pine forest, with a small graveyard around it. It is still used for occasional services in summer; the rest of the year it is left unlocked for travellers, with a guestbook by the door. Free entry; allow about three hours including the round-trip walk. In winter the trail can be skied; mosquitoes are fierce in midsummer.