Cell towers in Barnstable County, MA

The FCC registry lists 55 constructed antenna structures in Barnstable County, 6% of Massachusetts's 965. Ownership is spread across 38 registrants; the largest, Crown Castle, has 7 (13%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 21 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 55
2Tallest 511 ft
3Largest owner Crown Castle
4Median height (state 165 ft) 175 ft

Structures

rank 8 of 14 in MA

Most common type

Monopole

20% of structures

Over 200 feet

35% of structures

Peak build decade

1990s

31% built then

Who owns the towers in Barnstable County

38 different registrants own the 55 structures. 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.

Constructed structures in Barnstable County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 175 feet, close to the Massachusetts median of 165 feet. The tallest is a guyed tower near Falmouth at 511 feet, built in 1990. More than in any other decade, 31% were built in the 1990s.

Structures in Barnstable County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.

Structures in Barnstable County by decade built, columns to scale. Source: FCC ASR.

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
1004088	Guyed tower	511 ft	1990	Falmouth	American Towers LLC
1018712	Other or unspecified	498 ft	1997	Sandwich	Mirant Canal L.L.C.
1004664	Tower	495 ft	1980	Orleans	SBA Infrastructures, LLC
1042895	Guyed tower	486 ft	2001	Brewster	SBA Properties, LLC
1231034	Guyed tower	421 ft	2021	West Barnstable	Pinnacle Towers LLC
1272609	Tower	400 ft	2010	North Falmouth	Notus Clean Energy LLC
1019305	Guyed tower	365 ft	1985	Orleans	American Towers LLC
1007750	Guyed tower	363 ft	1977	Dennis	Crown Castle Towers 06-2 LLC
1004663	Other or unspecified	345 ft	1980	Orleans	SBA Infrastructures, LLC
1007032	Tower	325 ft	1991	Dennis	CAPE COD BROADCASTING CORPORATION DBA = WOCN FM
1004090	Tower	321 ft	1994	Hyannis	Global Signal Acquisitions LLC
1201773	Guyed tower	309 ft	1999	Brewster	SBA Infrastructure, LLC
1007748	Mast	306 ft	2012	West Yarmouth	Crown Castle Towers 06-2 LLC
1059742	Lattice tower	273 ft	1998	Mashpee	SBA Properties, LLC
1007749	Tower	264 ft	1988	Brewster	Global Tower, LLC. through American Towers, LLC
1013714	Tower	259 ft	1960	Bourne	COLONIAL GAS COMPANY
1065307	Guyed tower	256 ft	2016	Barnstable	Eversource Energy Service Company
1234471	Lattice tower	250 ft	2003	Dennis	SBA Properties, LLC
1004089	Lattice tower	238 ft	2009	Pocasset	American Towers, LLC
1204108	Guyed tower	200 ft	2000	Bourne	Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC
1230930	Monopole	200 ft	2003	Barnstable	Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC
1061823	Lattice tower	199 ft	1998	Barnstable	Barnstable County Sheriff's Office
1279881	Water tank	195 ft	2024	Centerville	COMM Fire District
1200179	Mast	191 ft	1996	Falmouth	CCATT LLC
1212254	Pole	180 ft	2001	Sandwich	Seacoast Tower Development LLC
1232948	Tower	180 ft	2002	Falmouth	Seacoast, LP
1006320	Guyed tower	175 ft	1983	Barnstable	Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC
1307317	Monopole	175 ft	2018	Cotuit	SWI Funds Tower Holdings, LLC
1234487	Monopole	170 ft	2004	Mashpee	Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC
1014687	Tower	166 ft	1996	Barnstable	Crown Atlantic Company, LLC
1219482	Water tank	160 ft	2000	Yarmouth	T-Mobile Northeast LLC
1296443	Monopole	160 ft	2024	Falmouth	Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC
1323403	Monopole	156 ft	2022	Mashpee	Blue Sky Towers III, LLC
1256912	Monopole	150 ft	2007	Osterville	Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC.
1261973	Monopole	150 ft	2008	Falmouth	Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC.
1268285	Monopole	150 ft	2010	Forestdale	American Towers LLC
1272086	Pole	148 ft	2003	Harwich	SBA 2012 TC Assets, LLC
1301823	Lattice tower	138 ft	2018	Hyannis	Hyannis Fire District
1006759	Water tank	135 ft	1996	Chatham	CHATHAM, TOWN OF
1292176	Lattice tower	131 ft	1998	Bourne	American Towers LLC
1208670	Pole	129 ft	2001	Hyannis	STC Six Company
1333064	Monopole	129 ft	2026	Brewster	TowerNorth Development, LLC
1007797	Water tank	118 ft	1996	Chatham	CHATHAM, TOWN OF
1286449	Pole	115 ft	2013	Chatham	Seacoast Tower Development LLC
1326678	Monopole	110 ft	2024	Centerville	Crown Castle Towers 06-2 LLC
1216584	Monopole	106 ft	1997	East Falmouth	American Towers LLC
1040778	Pole	103 ft	1998	East Falmouth	OMNIPOINT COMMUNICATIONS MB OPERATIONS, INC.
1277136	On a building	102 ft	2011	Hyannis	Barnstable Municipal Airport
1202411	Mast	101 ft	1999	Hyannis	Town of Barnstable
1226932	Pole	89 ft	2002	Hyannis	STC Six Company
1237632	Tower	89 ft	2004	S. Yarmouth	Yarmouth, Town of
1211603	Pole	87 ft	2000	Hyannis	TOWN TAXI OF CAPE COD
1060716	Tower	80 ft	1997	West Yarmouth	FULLER ELECTRIC
1065822	Pole	60 ft	1999	Sandwich	TELECORP PCS LLC DBA = TELECORP PCS
1250084	Pole	36 ft	2006	Hyannis	The Woods Hole, Marthas Vineyard & Nantucket Steamship Authority

If you have a tower lease in Barnstable 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 Massachusetts with similar tower counts: Hampden County (85), Norfolk County (71), Essex County (70), Suffolk County (48), Berkshire County (44).

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.