Montana / Liberty County

#34 of 56 MT counties · 11 structures

Cell towers in Liberty County, MT

The FCC registry lists 11 constructed antenna structures in Liberty County, 1% of Montana's 1,057. BNSF Railway owns 4 of them (36%), so a landowner here with a tower lease is more likely than not dealing with one company. The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 1 between them.

Value a buyout offer

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  1. 1Constructed structures 11
  2. 2Tallest 286 ft
  3. 3Largest owner BNSF Railway
  4. 4Median height (state 150 ft) 60 ft
Structures
11
rank 34 of 56 in MT
Most common type
Tower
64% of structures
Over 200 feet
1
9% of structures
Peak build decade
2010s
64% built then

Who owns the towers in Liberty County

5 different registrants own the 11 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.

BNSF Railway4TerraPact Towers, LLC3NorthWestern Corporation2Crown Castle1Verizon1
Constructed structures in Liberty County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 60 feet, 90 feet shorter than the Montana median, typical of denser areas where more, shorter sites fill in coverage. The tallest is a tower near Chester at 286 feet, built in 2010. Most 64% were built in the 2010s.

Tower7Mast2Pole1Lattice tower1
Structures in Liberty County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.
11980s11990s22000s72010s
Structures in Liberty 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
1266574Tower286 ft2010ChesterCCATT LLC
1272520Tower199 ft2010JoplinTerraPact Towers, LLC
1275105Tower199 ft2010ChesterTerraPact Towers, LLC
1239886Tower135 ft2003ChesterTerraPact Towers, LLC
1290279Lattice tower125 ft2014ChesterCellco Partnership
1215687Mast60 ft2011ChesterBNSF Railway Co.
1240036Mast60 ft2003ChesterBNSF Railway Co.
1051582Tower52 ft1986ChesterNorthWestern Corporation
1279877Tower50 ft2011ChesterBNSF Railway Co.
1279879Tower50 ft2011ChesterBNSF Railway Co.
1212871Pole32 ft1994ChesterNorthWestern Corporation

If you have a tower lease in Liberty 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 Montana with similar tower counts: McCone County (12), Powell County (12), Chouteau County (11), Musselshell County (11), Deer Lodge County (10).

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.