Maryland / Howard County
#11 of 24 MD counties · 50 structures
Cell towers in Howard County, MD
The FCC registry lists 50 constructed antenna structures in Howard County, 4% of Maryland's 1,311. Ownership is spread across 24 registrants; the largest, American Tower, has 11 (22%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 21 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 50
- 2Tallest 503 ft
- 3Largest owner American Tower
- 4Median height (state 199 ft) 199 ft
Who owns the towers in Howard County
24 different registrants own the 50 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.
Height and age
The median structure here stands 199 feet, close to the Maryland median of 199 feet. The tallest is a lattice tower near Cooksville at 503 feet, built in 2025. More than in any other decade, 48% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1058414 | Lattice tower | 503 ft | 2025 | Cooksville | HOWARD, COUNTY OF |
| 1035813 | Lattice tower | 502 ft | 2009 | Clarksville | Pinnacle Towers LLC |
| 1210838 | Tower | 500 ft | 2001 | Jonestown | COUNTY OF HOWARD |
| 1224670 | Tower | 443 ft | 2001 | Jonestown | COUNTY OF HOWARD |
| 1044309 | Guyed tower | 409 ft | 2017 | Ellicott City | Transcontinetal Gas Pipe Line Co., LLC |
| 1214905 | Tower | 400 ft | 2001 | Savage | COUNTY OF HOWARD |
| 1210734 | Tower | 377 ft | 2001 | Jonestown | COUNTY OF HOWARD |
| 1038566 | Lattice tower | 373 ft | 2003 | Elkridge | STC Three LLC |
| 1222107 | Tower | 358 ft | 2001 | Dayton | Maryland State Highway Administration |
| 1229716 | Other or unspecified | 340 ft | 2007 | Ellicott City | State of Maryland, MIEMSS |
| 1045861 | Lattice tower | 335 ft | 2006 | Jessup | American Towers LLC |
| 1208357 | Tower | 325 ft | 1954 | Mount Airy | Federal Aviation Administration C3 - ASH/AXE/AXE-410 |
| 1032932 | Lattice tower | 306 ft | 2004 | Cooksville | American Towers LLC |
| 1212107 | Other or unspecified | 300 ft | 2000 | West Friendship | COUNTY OF HOWARD |
| 1053448 | Other or unspecified | 269 ft | 1985 | Ellicott City | State of Maryland - DNR |
| 1224527 | Guyed tower | 268 ft | 2019 | Marriotsville | COUNTY OF HOWARD |
| 1031757 | Tower | 253 ft | 1996 | Mount Airy | STC Three LLC |
| 1036155 | Tower | 253 ft | 1962 | Clarksville | American Towers LLC |
| 1039412 | Lattice tower | 231 ft | 2009 | Marriottsville | American Towers LLC |
| 1276795 | Tower | 224 ft | 2011 | Ellicott City | BALTIMORE GAS & ELECTRIC |
| 1036320 | Tower | 210 ft | 1970 | Laurel | BALTIMORE GAS & ELECTRIC |
| 1058415 | Tower | 207 ft | 1995 | Clarksville | HOWARD, COUNTY OF |
| 1008441 | Tower | 204 ft | 2005 | Cooksville | American Towers LLC |
| 1056838 | Tower | 202 ft | 1998 | Ellicott City | Comcast of Howard County, LLC |
| 1235261 | Pole | 199 ft | 2004 | Sykesville | T-Mobile USA Tower LLC |
| 1306377 | Monopole | 199 ft | 2018 | Columbia | American Towers LLC |
| 1035852 | Lattice tower | 198 ft | 1995 | Elkridge | American Towers LLC |
| 1039398 | Tower | 196 ft | 2008 | Ellicott City | SpectraSite Communications, LLC. through American Towers, LLC. |
| 1283959 | Pole | 196 ft | 2012 | Elkridge | Cellco Partnership |
| 1039415 | Monopole | 195 ft | 1997 | Clarksville | American Towers LLC |
| 1039405 | Tower | 194 ft | 2008 | Laurel | SpectraSite Communications, LLC. through American Towers, LLC. |
| 1279442 | Tower | 185 ft | 2009 | Annapolis | Cellco Partnership |
| 1292634 | Lattice tower | 185 ft | 2015 | Laurel | Crown Castle Towers 06-2 LLC |
| 1219071 | Pole | 180 ft | 2000 | Elkridge | T-Mobile USA Tower LLC |
| 1303536 | Monopole | 168 ft | 2018 | Elkridge | TowerCom VI, LLC |
| 1273936 | Monopole | 161 ft | 1999 | Dayton | SBA 2012 TC Assets, LLC |
| 1271631 | Tower | 160 ft | 2004 | Ellicott City | SBA 2012 TC Assets, LLC |
| 1275034 | Pole | 160 ft | 2011 | Columbia | BALTIMORE GAS & ELECTRIC |
| 1039413 | Pole | 157 ft | 2008 | Elkridge | American Towers LLC |
| 1269759 | Monopole | 155 ft | 2004 | Fulton | SBA 2012 TC Assets, LLC |
| 1271636 | Guyed tower | 154 ft | 2007 | Woodstock | SBA 2012 TC Assets, LLC |
| 1278932 | Monopole | 143 ft | 2011 | Woodbine | SBA Monarch Towers I, LLC |
| 1271639 | Tower | 135 ft | 2005 | Woodstock | SBA 2012 TC Assets, LLC |
| 1320162 | Monopole | 133 ft | 2022 | Marriottsville | Milestone Towers |
| 1291904 | Monopole | 130 ft | 2015 | Elkridge | Crown Castle Towers 06-2 LLC |
| 1325150 | Monopole | 127 ft | 2024 | Fulton | Milestone Tower |
| 1280242 | Pole | 118 ft | 2006 | Jessup | CCATT LLC |
| 1276192 | Monopole | 116 ft | 1998 | Jessup | AT&T Mobility Spectrum LLC |
| 1315151 | Monopole | 81 ft | 2016 | Laurel | VB BTS III, LLC |
| 1298242 | Monopole | 62 ft | 2018 | Columbia | Cellco Partnership |
If you have a tower lease in Howard 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 Maryland with similar tower counts: Allegany County (55), St. Mary's County (53), Charles County (52), Wicomico County (46), Baltimore city (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.