The purpose of this research were to study the state and requirement of recreational activities for the elderly in Chainat municipality area, Chainat province. The sample that used in this study was; The staff of activities in Chainat municipality, Chainat province. The samples was selected by using specific sampling (Purposive Sampling) consisted of 20 people. And the elderly in Chainat municipality area, Chainat province. The researcher have determined size of the sample by the Krejcie and Morgan formula. The sample consisted of 317 people. The instrument that used for data collection was a interview and questionnaire created by the researcher. For statistic used in the data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation.