At the summit of Doi Phra Chan stands an abandoned temple, now restored and featuring original Lanna art, which ranks among Lampang's most beautiful and impressive sights. The over one-hundred-year-old white pagoda is a landmark of the city.

The former abbot of Wat Nakhot Luang renovated the pagoda and improved the site for the pagoda worship ceremony, thus giving rise to the tradition of climbing Doi Phra Chan once a year to worship the pagoda. In 2008, another extensive renovation of Wat Phra That Doi Phra Chan was undertaken by Phra Phonchai Akkhawangso, the abbot at the time, as the original building had been abandoned for many years and had thus evolved into the magnificent temple it is today.

Since July 2024, Wat Phra That Doi Phra Chan has been open to tourists daily (except Wednesdays) from 6:00 to 16:30.