Cell towers in Beltrami County, MN

The FCC registry lists 46 constructed antenna structures in Beltrami County, 2% of Minnesota's 2,993. Ownership is spread across 25 registrants; the largest, Minnesota, State of, has 7 (15%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 9 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 46
2Tallest 1080 ft
3Largest owner Minnesota, State of
4Median height (state 260 ft) 306 ft

Structures

rank 15 of 87 in MN

Most common type

Tower

39% of structures

Over 200 feet

80% of structures

Peak build decade

2000s

28% built then

Who owns the towers in Beltrami County

25 different registrants own the 46 structures. 2 are registered to individuals or family trusts, whose names 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.

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

Height and age

The median structure here stands 306 feet, 46 feet taller than the Minnesota median — a sign of broadcast and rural coverage towers rather than short suburban sites. The tallest is a tower near Blackduck at 1080 feet, built in 1979. More than in any other decade, 28% were built in the 2000s.

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

Structures in Beltrami 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
1024192	Tower	1080 ft	1979	Blackduck	NORTHERN MINNESOTA PUBLIC TELEVISION INC
1235156	Guyed tower	1005 ft	2003	Blackduck	SBA Towers IX, LLC
1255741	Tower	590 ft	2007	Bemidji	Paskvan Industries
1262293	Tower	499 ft	2008	Blackduck	De La Hunt Media, Inc.
1024705	Tower	496 ft	1981	Bemidji	Paskvan North Tower LLLP
1020156	Guyed tower	462 ft	1990	Bemidji	RURAL CELLULAR CORPORATION
1025239	Guyed tower	450 ft	1970	Bemidji	K2 Towers III, LLC
1020160	Guyed tower	420 ft	1994	Red Lake	RURAL CELLULAR CORPORATION
1311663	Guyed tower	403 ft	2020	Blackduck	Harmoni Towers LLC
1024704	Tower	400 ft	1987	Bemidji	Private owner (name withheld)
1234999	Tower	400 ft	2003	Kelliher	Rogers Two Way Radio
1023360	Guyed tower	393 ft	2019	Shooks	Minnkota Power Cooperative, Inc.
1276772	Tower	370 ft	2011	Bemidji	Private owner (name withheld)
1268430	Tower	350 ft	2011	Saum	Minnesota, State of
1268432	Tower	350 ft	2011	Waskish	Minnesota, State of
1277435	Lattice tower	350 ft	2024	Grygla	Minnesota, State of
1290117	Lattice tower	350 ft	2015	Leonard	Minnesota, State of
1201950	Tower	340 ft	1998	Bemidji	Beltrami County Highway Department
1040479	Guyed tower	325 ft	1997	Bemidji	Rural Cellular Corporation
1024445	Other or unspecified	318 ft	1980	Turtle River	Paul Bunyan Rural Telephone Cooperative
1294554	Lattice tower	309 ft	2016	Pennington	Rural Cellular Corporation
1305000	Lattice tower	307 ft	2020	Kelliher	Rural Cellular Corporation
1247329	Guyed tower	306 ft	2005	Bemidji	SBA Towers II LLC
1260383	Guyed tower	306 ft	2013	Puposky	American Towers LLC
1260419	Guyed tower	306 ft	2007	Bemidji	American Towers LLC
1256934	Tower	305 ft	2006	Purposky	Rural Cellular Corporation
1259796	Guyed tower	305 ft	2007	Bemidji	American Towers LLC
1260421	Guyed tower	305 ft	2007	Hines	American Towers LLC
1230299	Guyed tower	304 ft	2002	Solway	SBA Structures, LLC
1024027	Tower	300 ft	1995	Bemidji	OTTER TAIL POWER COMPANY
1023416	Tower	292 ft	1977	Red Lake	RED LAKE BAND OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS
1286939	Lattice tower	289 ft	2015	Redby	Rural Cellular Corporation
1235771	Guyed tower	287 ft	2002	Blackduck	SBA Structures, LLC
1020161	Guyed tower	266 ft	1994	Waskish	RURAL CELLULAR CORPORATION
1321786	Lattice tower	259 ft	2022	Ponemah	RURAL CELLULAR CORPORATION
1311813	Lattice tower	258 ft	2020	Cass Lake	RURAL CELLULAR CORPORATION
1292456	Lattice tower	255 ft	2014	Bemidji	SBA Towers V, LLC
1031952	Other or unspecified	177 ft	1958	Bemidji	HBI Radio Bemidji, LLC
1309345	Lattice tower	165 ft	2024	Bemidji	Cellco Partnership
1200781	Tower	148 ft	1975	Bemidji	Beltrami County Highway Department
1220839	Tower	120 ft	1992	Bemidji	Minnesota, State of
1294642	Monopole	108 ft	2015	Wilton	Rural Cellular Corporation
1257151	Tower	100 ft	2007	Bemidji	Minnesota, State of
1327234	Monopole	89 ft	2025	Bemidji	VB BTS III, LLC
1206637	Tower	63 ft	1997	Bemidji	Minnesota, State of
1252001	Tower	50 ft	2006	Bemidji	State of MN MnDOT Aeronautics

If you have a tower lease in Beltrami 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 Minnesota with similar tower counts: Hubbard County (49), Clay County (48), Washington County (47), Winona County (45), Anoka 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.