Montana / Sanders County
#10 of 56 MT counties · 28 structures
Cell towers in Sanders County, MT
The FCC registry lists 28 constructed antenna structures in Sanders County, 3% of Montana's 1,057. Ownership is spread across 19 registrants; the largest, BNSF Railway, has 7 (25%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 4 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 28
- 2Tallest 333 ft
- 3Largest owner BNSF Railway
- 4Median height (state 150 ft) 119 ft
Who owns the towers in Sanders County
19 different registrants own the 28 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 119 feet, 31 feet shorter than the Montana median, typical of denser areas where more, shorter sites fill in coverage. The tallest is a tower near Belknap at 333 feet, built in 2000. More than in any other decade, 39% were built in the 2020s.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1214200 | Tower | 333 ft | 2000 | Belknap | BNSF Railway Co. |
| 1061251 | Tower | 318 ft | 1985 | Thompson Falls | BNSF Railway Co. |
| 1312505 | Lattice tower | 260 ft | 2020 | Noxon | VB BTS III, LLC |
| 1061255 | Lattice tower | 250 ft | 1996 | Noxon | BNSF Railway Co. |
| 1329858 | Lattice tower | 205 ft | 2025 | Trout Creek | Gold Creek Cellular of Montana Limited Partnership |
| 1265367 | Tower | 199 ft | 2009 | Dixon | American Towers LLC |
| 1030250 | Tower | 186 ft | 2010 | Thompson Falls | CCATT LLC |
| 1316863 | Lattice tower | 183 ft | 2021 | Hot Springs | International Towers, LLC |
| 1290934 | Lattice tower | 175 ft | 2014 | Plains | Fidelity Towers Inc. |
| 1290188 | Lattice tower | 160 ft | 2014 | Hot Springs | Hot Springs Telephone Company |
| 1328351 | Lattice tower | 152 ft | 2024 | Thompson Falls | Supera Technical Services Inc. dba Rocky Mountain Towers |
| 1312770 | Lattice tower | 148 ft | 2020 | Plains | BNSF Railway Co. |
| 1265816 | Monopole | 130 ft | 2022 | Noxon | EIP Holdings IV, LLC |
| 1058815 | Tower | 120 ft | 1998 | Noxon | AVISTA CORPORATION |
| 1065042 | Tower | 118 ft | 1985 | Thompson Falls | HICKMAN SITES LLC |
| 1319910 | Guyed tower | 118 ft | 1954 | Thompson Falls | American Towers LLC |
| 1003778 | Tower | 109 ft | 2005 | Thompson Falls | Gold Creek Cellular of Montana Limited Partnership |
| 1258591 | Lattice tower | 66 ft | 2024 | Thompson Falls | Western Sanders County TV District |
| 1055992 | Pole | 59 ft | 1996 | Plains | NorthWestern Corporation |
| 1269672 | Tower | 50 ft | 2009 | Hot Springs | Hot Springs TV District |
| 1328836 | Monopole | 50 ft | 2024 | Thompson Falls | BNSF Railway Co |
| 1328860 | Monopole | 50 ft | 2024 | Plains | BNSF Railway Co |
| 1328866 | Monopole | 50 ft | 2024 | Plains | BNSF Railway Co |
| 1038108 | Pole | 45 ft | 1995 | Thompson Falls | NorthWestern Corporation |
| 1319909 | Lattice tower | 45 ft | 1964 | Thompson Falls | American Towers LLC |
| 1206054 | Tower | 33 ft | 2000 | Plains | STATE OF MONTANA, DNRC |
| 1322042 | Lattice tower | 33 ft | 2023 | Plains | Sanders County |
| 1253591 | Other or unspecified | 30 ft | 2007 | Thompson Falls | Thompson Falls TV District |
If you have a tower lease in Sanders 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: Roosevelt County (36), Valley County (32), Big Horn County (28), Carbon County (27), Lake County (24).
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.