Cell towers in Pine County, MN

The FCC registry lists 36 constructed antenna structures in Pine County, 1% of Minnesota's 2,993. Ownership is spread across 19 registrants; the largest, American Tower, has 8 (22%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 12 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 36
2Tallest 475 ft
3Largest owner American Tower
4Median height (state 260 ft) 308 ft

Structures

rank 27 of 87 in MN

Most common type

Guyed tower

44% of structures

Over 200 feet

83% of structures

Peak build decade

2000s

33% built then

Who owns the towers in Pine County

19 different registrants own the 36 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 Pine County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 308 feet, 48 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 Hinckley at 475 feet, built in 1991. More than in any other decade, 33% were built in the 2000s.

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

Structures in Pine 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
1020168	Tower	475 ft	1991	Hinckley	RURAL CELLULAR CORPORATION
1025209	Tower	440 ft	1992	Duquette	Contact Wireless, LLC
1025210	Guyed tower	424 ft	1990	Hinckley	SBA Towers IX, LLC
1020174	Guyed tower	420 ft	1995	Sandstone	RURAL CELLULAR CORPORATION
1210690	Tower	420 ft	2001	Hinckley	SBA Structures, LLC
1274531	Lattice tower	411 ft	2010	Hinckley	American Towers LLC
1273254	Guyed tower	407 ft	2010	Kerrick	American Towers LLC
1304688	Guyed tower	360 ft	2018	Finlayson	VB-S1 Assets, LLC
1235885	Tower	350 ft	2002	Pine City	Minnesota, State of
1277347	Tower	350 ft	2011	Kerrick	Minnesota, State of
1287015	Lattice tower	350 ft	2014	Cloverdale	Minnesota, State of
1292337	Guyed tower	348 ft	2015	Finlayson	SBA Towers X, LLC
1208572	Tower	320 ft	2000	Askov	COUNTY OF PINE
1272296	Guyed tower	310 ft	2010	Askov	American Towers LLC
1316766	Guyed tower	310 ft	2021	Pine City	PI Tower Development LLC, C/O LendLease Americas Inc.
1201824	Guyed tower	308 ft	1999	Willow River	American Towers LLC
1210724	Tower	308 ft	2000	Finlayson	American Towers LLC
1234135	Guyed tower	308 ft	2002	Sandstone	American Towers LLC
1233716	Guyed tower	307 ft	2002	Hinckley	American Towers LLC
1306719	Guyed tower	305 ft	2018	Pine City	VB-S1 Assets, LLC
1023401	Guyed tower	304 ft	1997	Pine City	American Towers LLC
1024531	Other or unspecified	300 ft	2026	Sandstone	Allete, Inc., d/b/a Minnesota Power
1284163	Tower	299 ft	2013	Duxbury	Minnesota, State of
1041442	Guyed tower	298 ft	1977	Pine City	Q MEDIA PROPERTIES, LLC
1020173	Guyed tower	270 ft	1995	Pine City	RURAL CELLULAR CORPORATION
1235886	Tower	260 ft	2002	Askov	Minnesota, State of
1235030	Guyed tower	258 ft	2002	Brook Park	CCTM2 LLC
1296775	Lattice tower	257 ft	2016	Sandstone	RURAL CELLULAR CORPORATION
1323807	Guyed tower	255 ft	2023	Grasston	Central States Tower V, LLC
1030389	Lattice tower	240 ft	2025	Pine City	Great River Energy
1306406	Lattice tower	199 ft	2019	Sturgeon Lake	Horvath Towers V, LLC
1249911	Tower	193 ft	2005	Hinckley	Tower Assets Newco IX, LLC
1212444	Tower	164 ft	2000	Pine City	COUNTY OF PINE
1237952	Tower	110 ft	2003	Sandstone	Federal Bureau of Prisons
1271658	Tower	37 ft	2009	Hinckley	State of MN MnDOT Aeronautics
1296074	Lattice tower	37 ft	2015	Moose Lake	State of MN MnDOT Aeronautics

If you have a tower lease in Pine 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: Morrison County (39), Aitkin County (37), Scott County (37), Todd County (36), Mower County (34).

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.