The purposes of this research were to study the state and requirement of recreational activities for the elderly in Chainat municipality, Chainat province. The sample that used in this study were; staffs of activities in Chainat municipality, Chainat province 20 people obtained by specific sampling (Purposive Sampling). And elderly in Chainat municipality area, Chainat province 317 people. The researcher have determined size of the sample by the Krejcie and Morgan formula. The research instrument for collecting data were the interview questions and questionnaires constructed by the researcher. The statistics used frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation.