Kemihaara Wilderness Area

21.8.2020

Because of the coronavirus, safe distances should be kept even in nature, and thorough hand hygiene should be followed at huts, campfire sites and after using the toilet. Metsähallitus' policies and guidelines will be updated as the general corona guidelines become more specific. Check our website for the current situation: www.nationalparks.fi/coronavirusguidelines.

Eastern Lapland Region, Municipality of Savukoski.
Area: 302 sq. km. Established in 1997.
The area is managed by Metsähallitus.

Kemihaara Wilderness Area is bordered to its north by Urho Kekkonen National Park and to its east by the River Kemijoki and its tributaries.

The dominant features in the area's south are the Uittipiekantunturi and Sorvortantunturi Fells. Both are over 420 metres high. There are several hills with treeless tops. The ones which reach the highest are the Akanvaara and Ätimysvaara Hills. In the north of the wilderness area there are vast aapa bogs. These bogs are the source of many of the River Kemijoki's and the River Pihtijoki's head waters.

The destination is managed by Metsähallitus, Parks & Wildlife Finland, Lapland.

This is the web page nationalparks.fi/kemihaara