Market Square
A brick New England square at the bottom of a Federal-era seaport, an hour north of Boston.
About this view
Market Square is the brick heart of Newburyport, a Federal-era seaport thirty-five miles up the coast from Boston. The camera looks across the square's cafe tables toward the shopfronts of State Street and Inn Street, with the Merrimack River running to the sea a block behind them.
It is a town square still doing its actual job: coffee and dog walkers in the morning, shoppers through the afternoon, buskers and dinner crowds after six. The whole downtown burned in 1811 and was rebuilt in brick — what you are looking at is the rebuild, largely unchanged since.
New England runs on Eastern Time, UTC−5 and UTC−4 in summer. Autumn is why people come: the foliage peaks through October and the square fills. Winter turns it into the snow-globe version of itself, which the town leans into with lights from Thanksgiving onward.
Nearby cams
Frequently asked questions
- Where is the Market Square live cam located?
- The camera looks over Newburyport, Massachusetts, in United States. Its position is 42.811°N, 70.870°W, which you can open on our world map.
- What time is it at the Market Square camera?
- Newburyport, Massachusetts runs on UTC−4, and the live clock at the top of this page shows the current local time and whether it is day or night there. It is worth checking before you watch: this view changes completely between the middle of the night and the busiest hours of the day.
- Are there other live cams near Newburyport, Massachusetts?
- Yes — the closest ones are LaGuardia Airport Live, Times Square North in 4K and SUMMIT One Vanderbilt. They are listed under "Nearby cams" further down this page, and every camera we carry is plotted on the world map.
- Is this stream really live?
- Yes. This is a real 24/7 live feed broadcast by Newburyport.com, played through the official YouTube player — free, no account needed. Every stream in our catalogue is checked automatically before each update to confirm it is still live and watchable.
