Michigan / Baraga County

#81 of 83 MI counties · 16 structures

Cell towers in Baraga County, MI

The FCC registry lists 16 constructed antenna structures in Baraga County, 0% of Michigan's 4,535. Ownership is spread across 10 registrants; the largest, Alltel, has 3 (19%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 4 between them.

Value a buyout offer

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  1. 1Constructed structures 16
  2. 2Tallest 500 ft
  3. 3Largest owner Alltel
  4. 4Median height (state 225 ft) 325 ft
Structures
16
rank 81 of 83 in MI
Most common type
Guyed tower
50% of structures
Over 200 feet
14
88% of structures
Peak build decade
2000s
44% built then

Who owns the towers in Baraga County

10 different registrants own the 16 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.

Alltel3MICHIGAN, STATE OF3SBA Communications3VB-S1 Assets, LLC1NORTHERN NATURAL GAS CO1WISCONSIN ELECTRIC POWER COM1American Tower1TelNet World Wide, Inc.1
Constructed structures in Baraga County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 325 feet, 100 feet taller than the Michigan median — a sign of broadcast and rural coverage towers rather than short suburban sites. The tallest is a guyed tower near Herman at 500 feet, built in 1990. More than in any other decade, 44% were built in the 2000s.

Guyed tower8Tower4Lattice tower3Monopole1
Structures in Baraga County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.
11960s11980s21990s72000s52010s
Structures in Baraga 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.TypeHeightBuiltCityOwner
1000732Guyed tower500 ft1990HermanVB-S1 Assets, LLC
1218098Lattice tower500 ft2000L AnseMICHIGAN, STATE OF
1219036Guyed tower500 ft2000SkaneeMICHIGAN, STATE OF
1221137Guyed tower467 ft2001CovingtonMICHIGAN, STATE OF
1000201Guyed tower420 ft2003LanseAlltel Corporation
1274565Guyed tower408 ft2010CovingtonAmerican Towers LLC
1258013Guyed tower407 ft2007CovingtonSBA Towers II LLC
1301019Guyed tower330 ft2016CovingtonRange Corporation
1051795Tower320 ft1988CovingtonWISCONSIN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY
1037277Tower310 ft1965CovingtonNORTHERN NATURAL GAS CO
1256844Tower309 ft2007MichigammeAlltel Corporation
1264304Tower309 ft2008L'AnseAlltel Corporation
1275337Lattice tower305 ft2010CovingtonSBA Towers II LLC
1274566Lattice tower268 ft2010Covington TownshipSBA Towers II LLC
1293617Guyed tower199 ft1995BaragaTelNet World Wide, Inc.
1298627Monopole199 ft2016BaragaDiamond Towers IV LLC

If you have a tower lease in Baraga 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 Michigan with similar tower counts: Montmorency County (17), Oscoda County (17), Alger County (16), Luce County (11).

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.