Minnesota / Crow Wing County
#8 of 87 MN counties · 68 structures
Cell towers in Crow Wing County, MN
The FCC registry lists 68 constructed antenna structures in Crow Wing County, 2% of Minnesota's 2,993. Ownership is spread across 29 registrants; the largest, SBA Communications, has 19 (28%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 29 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 68
- 2Tallest 506 ft
- 3Largest owner SBA Communications
- 4Median height (state 260 ft) 258 ft
Who owns the towers in Crow Wing County
29 different registrants own the 68 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 258 feet, close to the Minnesota median of 260 feet. The tallest is a guyed tower near Baxter at 506 feet, built in 1997. More than in any other decade, 35% were built in the 1990s.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1053809 | Guyed tower | 506 ft | 1997 | Baxter | EIP Holdings II, LLC |
| 1233644 | Tower | 502 ft | 1975 | Ironton | Communication Investments Inc. |
| 1024491 | Tower | 500 ft | 1963 | Aitkin | Alternative Communications of Duluth Inc. |
| 1024184 | Tower | 499 ft | 1981 | Brainerd | KSAX-TV, INC. |
| 1024338 | Guyed tower | 473 ft | 1990 | Pequot Lakes | American Towers LLC |
| 1020177 | Tower | 470 ft | 1992 | Pine River | RURAL CELLULAR CORPORATION |
| 1284276 | Tower | 460 ft | 2012 | Crosby | EIP Holdings II, LLC |
| 1020165 | Guyed tower | 420 ft | 1996 | Pequot Lakes | RURAL CELLULAR CORPORATION |
| 1020171 | Guyed tower | 420 ft | 1995 | Emily | RURAL CELLULAR CORPORATION |
| 1200112 | Guyed tower | 419 ft | 2007 | Emily | American Towers LLC |
| 1201453 | Guyed tower | 417 ft | 2001 | Merrifield | American Towers LLC |
| 1020169 | Guyed tower | 406 ft | 1997 | Crosby | RURAL CELLULAR CORPORATION |
| 1059261 | Other or unspecified | 385 ft | 1946 | Brainerd | HBI Radio Brainerd/Wadena, LLC |
| 1024339 | Guyed tower | 378 ft | 2015 | Brainerd | Vertical Bridge Towers III, LLC |
| 1028261 | Monopole | 368 ft | 2019 | Crosby | R&J Broadcasting, Inc. |
| 1024420 | Guyed tower | 367 ft | 1970 | Pequot Lakes | Vertical Bridge Towers III, LLC |
| 1020163 | Guyed tower | 361 ft | 1992 | Deerwood | RURAL CELLULAR CORPORATION |
| 1022695 | Tower | 350 ft | 1968 | Brainerd | Kevtel Corporation |
| 1282061 | Tower | 350 ft | 2012 | Pequot Lakes | Minnesota, State of |
| 1318510 | Guyed tower | 333 ft | 2022 | Brainerd | Tillman Infrastructure, LLC |
| 1319482 | Guyed tower | 332 ft | 2022 | Fort Ripley | Tillman Infrastructure, LLC |
| 1032809 | Tower | 325 ft | 1997 | Merrifield | RURAL CELLULAR CORPORATION |
| 1023075 | Tower | 320 ft | 1995 | Brainerd | CROW WING COOPERATIVE POWER & LIGHT CO |
| 1273256 | Guyed tower | 320 ft | 2010 | Brainerd | American Towers LLC |
| 1308673 | Guyed tower | 320 ft | 2018 | Pine River | CROW WING COOPERATIVE POWER & LIGHT COMPANY |
| 1243620 | Lattice tower | 315 ft | 2006 | Crosby | SBA Towers II LLC |
| 1031946 | Lattice tower | 310 ft | 1998 | Garrison | American Towers LLC |
| 1024212 | Guyed tower | 306 ft | 1958 | Brainerd | American Towers LLC |
| 1056861 | Guyed tower | 305 ft | 1999 | Brainerd | SBA Towers II LLC |
| 1027441 | Guyed tower | 304 ft | 1997 | Brainerd | American Towers LLC |
| 1014619 | Guyed tower | 300 ft | 2014 | Emily | Minnesota, State of |
| 1267237 | Tower | 299 ft | 2009 | Baxter | Minnesota, State of |
| 1024528 | Tower | 290 ft | 1978 | Riverton | Allete, Inc., d/b/a Minnesota Power |
| 1294740 | Lattice tower | 259 ft | 2015 | Brainerd | Rural Cellular Corporation |
| 1226562 | Lattice tower | 258 ft | 1998 | Brainerd | T-Mobile USA Tower LLC |
| 1204531 | Tower | 254 ft | 1999 | Merrifield | SBA Towers II LLC |
| 1269981 | Tower | 225 ft | 2009 | Crosslake | Vertical Bridge S3 Assets, LLC |
| 1261341 | Lattice tower | 218 ft | 2026 | Pequot Lakes | Allete, Inc., d/b/a Minnesota Power |
| 1205024 | Guyed tower | 200 ft | 1999 | Nisswa | SBA Towers II LLC |
| 1249507 | Lattice tower | 200 ft | 2005 | Deerwood | SBA Towers II LLC |
| 1299796 | Lattice tower | 200 ft | 2001 | Brainerd | American Towers LLC |
| 1056797 | Lattice tower | 199 ft | 2001 | Brainerd | American Towers LLC |
| 1234242 | Lattice tower | 199 ft | 2002 | Brainerd | SBA Structures, LLC |
| 1237652 | Tower | 199 ft | 2003 | Baxter | SBA Structures, LLC |
| 1257854 | Tower | 199 ft | 2007 | Brainerd | SBA Towers II LLC |
| 1275501 | Tower | 199 ft | 2011 | Baxter | SBA Towers IV, LLC |
| 1326011 | Lattice tower | 199 ft | 2025 | Fifty Lakes | Horvath Towers VI, LLC |
| 1329790 | Monopole | 199 ft | 2025 | Pequot Lakes | Great Plains Towers, LLC |
| 1204534 | Monopole | 198 ft | 1994 | Pine River | SBA Towers II LLC |
| 1204532 | Tower | 189 ft | 1999 | Crosslake | SBA Towers II LLC |
| 1204715 | Guyed tower | 189 ft | 1999 | Pequot Lakes | SBA Towers II LLC |
| 1327469 | Monopole | 189 ft | 2025 | Merrifield | Blue Sky Towers IV, LLC |
| 1204533 | Tower | 188 ft | 1999 | Pine River | SBA Towers II LLC |
| 1204535 | Guyed tower | 188 ft | 1999 | Pequot Lakes | SBA Towers II LLC |
| 1205998 | Guyed tower | 188 ft | 1999 | Brainerd | SBA Towers II LLC |
| 1205026 | Lattice tower | 186 ft | 1999 | Crosslake | SBA Towers II LLC |
| 1059259 | Other or unspecified | 185 ft | 1946 | Brainerd | HBI Radio Brainerd/Wadena, LLC |
| 1059260 | Other or unspecified | 185 ft | 1946 | Brainerd | HBI Radio Brainerd/Wadena, LLC |
| 1054638 | Other or unspecified | 180 ft | 1970 | Brainard | KOMMERSTAD COMMUNICATIONS, INC. DBA = KLIZ-AM(3/3), BRAINARD, KOMMERSTAD |
| 1204536 | Tower | 175 ft | 1999 | Pequot Lakes | SBA Towers II LLC |
| 1028551 | Lattice tower | 174 ft | 1997 | Brainerd | American Towers LLC |
| 1054637 | Other or unspecified | 173 ft | 1970 | Brainard | KOMMERSTAD COMMUNICATIONS, INC. DBA = KLIZ-AM(2/3), BRAINARD, KOMMERSTAD |
| 1237988 | Lattice tower | 169 ft | 2003 | Ironton | SBA Towers II LLC |
| 1281641 | Tower | 149 ft | 2011 | Baxter | SBA Steel LLC |
| 1022696 | On a building | 90 ft | 1976 | Brainerd | CROW WING, COUNTY OF |
| 1293107 | Monopole | 88 ft | 2015 | Brainerd | Rural Cellular Corporation |
| 1252025 | Tower | 50 ft | 2006 | Brainerd | State of MN MnDOT Aeronautics |
| 1206646 | Pole | 41 ft | 1988 | Brainerd | Minnesota, State of |
If you have a tower lease in Crow Wing 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: Stearns County (77), Dakota County (76), Itasca County (74), Cass County (59), Polk County (55).
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.