Colorado / Boulder County
#18 of 63 CO counties · 31 structures
Cell towers in Boulder County, CO
The FCC registry lists 31 constructed antenna structures in Boulder County, 2% of Colorado's 1,613. Ownership is spread across 23 registrants; the largest, American Tower, has 4 (13%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 8 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 31
- 2Tallest 216 ft
- 3Largest owner American Tower
- 4Median height (state 130 ft) 70 ft
Who owns the towers in Boulder County
23 different registrants own the 31 structures. One is registered to an individual or family trust, whose name this site withholds. Owner names are the registrant's legal entity as filed with the FCC; the large tower companies file under many subsidiary names, which this site groups into families where the brand is in the name or listed in the company's SEC filings.
Height and age
The median structure here stands 70 feet, 60 feet shorter than the Colorado median, typical of denser areas where more, shorter sites fill in coverage. The tallest is a structure near Boulder at 216 feet, built in 1996. More than in any other decade, 32% were built in the 2000s.
Every registered structure
Sorted tallest first. The registration number opens the FCC record, which shows the exact location and the owner's contact for the structure. A tower on your land that is not in this list is probably under 200 feet and away from airports, so it did not need registering — see why some towers aren't listed.
| FCC reg. | Type | Height | Built | City | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1033690 | Other or unspecified | 216 ft | 1996 | Boulder | Private owner (name withheld) |
| 1292584 | Guyed tower | 197 ft | 1991 | Longmont | American Towers LLC |
| 1228514 | Lattice tower | 193 ft | 2003 | Longmont | American Towers LLC |
| 1317829 | Lattice tower | 170 ft | 2021 | Boulder | City of Boulder |
| 1024061 | Other or unspecified | 167 ft | 1997 | Boulder | RF Towers, LLC |
| 1299892 | On a building | 119 ft | 1980 | Longmont | Qwest Corporation |
| 1064011 | Lattice tower | 105 ft | 1991 | Boulder | Xcel Energy Services Inc. |
| 1320281 | Guyed tower | 105 ft | 1984 | Boulder | American Towers LLC |
| 1209700 | Tower | 100 ft | 1990 | Boulder | BOULDER COUNTY |
| 1316806 | Lattice tower | 100 ft | 2021 | Boulder | City of Boulder |
| 1230181 | Tower | 94 ft | 2005 | Longmont | T-Mobile West Tower LLC |
| 1322612 | Monopole | 92 ft | 2015 | Golden | Tarpon Towers II, LLC |
| 1004481 | Tower | 85 ft | 1997 | Boulder | Cellco Partnership |
| 1250589 | Tower | 80 ft | 2005 | Erie | T-Mobile Central LLC |
| 1015742 | Monopole | 70 ft | 2018 | Lafayette | STC Five LLC |
| 1260482 | Tower | 70 ft | 2008 | Boulder | Boulder, County of |
| 1297504 | Monopole | 69 ft | 2017 | Niwot | Weld County |
| 1210603 | Tower | 65 ft | 1987 | Boulder | Boulder Excavating Company |
| 1237597 | Monopole | 55 ft | 2019 | Lafayette | T-Mobile West Tower LLC |
| 1257636 | Pole | 50 ft | 2007 | Erie | CCATT LLC |
| 1314948 | Monopole | 50 ft | 2020 | Lyons | PI Tower Development LLC c/o LendLease Americas Inc |
| 1269535 | Tower | 49 ft | 2005 | Lyons | SBA 2012 TC Assets, LLC |
| 1269580 | Tower | 45 ft | 2004 | Longmont | SBA 2012 TC Assets, LLC |
| 1288756 | Pole | 44 ft | 2014 | Boulder | Octagon Towers, LLC |
| 1292585 | Lattice tower | 41 ft | 1991 | Longmont | American Towers LLC |
| 1296450 | Guyed tower | 39 ft | 2015 | Boulder | CCTM1 LLC |
| 1222225 | Tower | 37 ft | 2002 | Boulder | Tribune Broadcasting Company II, LLC |
| 1231227 | Pole | 35 ft | 2002 | Boulder | Cellco Partnership |
| 1210841 | On a building | 30 ft | 1991 | Boulder | CITY OF BOULDER |
| 1265588 | On a building | 30 ft | 2008 | Lafayette | Cricket Communications, Inc. |
| 1308507 | Monopole | 30 ft | 2020 | Boulder | Cellco Partnership |
If you have a tower lease in Boulder County
Find your structure above, open its FCC record and confirm the owner — that is the company your lease runs to today, even if a different carrier signed it originally. Before answering a buyout offer, put your current rent, escalator and remaining term into the calculator to see what the rent is worth and what return the offer assumes.
Counties in Colorado with similar tower counts: Lincoln County (37), Washington County (34), Morgan County (32), Las Animas County (30), Otero County (30).
Source: FCC Antenna Structure Registration, weekly public access file (r_tower.zip, created 2026-10-18); constructed registrations only; locations rounded. Checked 2026-10-23. Methodology.