Montana / Stillwater County

#39 of 56 MT counties · 10 structures

Cell towers in Stillwater County, MT

The FCC registry lists 10 constructed antenna structures in Stillwater County, 1% of Montana's 1,057. Ownership is spread across 7 registrants; the largest, Gold Creek Cellular of Montana Limited Partnership, has 2 (20%). 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 10
  2. 2Tallest 195 ft
  3. 3Largest owner Gold Creek Cellular of Montana Limited Partnership
  4. 4Median height (state 150 ft) 113 ft
Structures
10
rank 39 of 56 in MT
Most common type
Lattice tower
40% of structures
Over 200 feet
0
0% of structures
Peak build decade
2010s
50% built then

Who owns the towers in Stillwater County

7 different registrants own the 10 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.

Gold Creek Cellular of Monta2Sagebrush Cellular, Inc.2BNSF Railway2Crown Castle1NorthWestern Corporation1Scripps Broadcasting Holding1Triangle Communication Syste1
Constructed structures in Stillwater County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 113 feet, 37 feet shorter than the Montana median, typical of denser areas where more, shorter sites fill in coverage. The tallest is a lattice tower near Rapelje at 195 feet, built in 2015. More than in any other decade, 50% were built in the 2010s.

Lattice tower4Pole2Tower2Monopole2
Structures in Stillwater County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.
21990s12000s52010s22020s
Structures in Stillwater 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
1297662Lattice tower195 ft2015RapeljeTriangle Communication System, Inc.
1003805Lattice tower190 ft1994ColumbusGold Creek Cellular of Montana Limited Partnership
1012460Pole170 ft2010ColumbusCCATT LLC
1275935Lattice tower130 ft2011AbsarokeeSagebrush Cellular, Inc.
1276010Lattice tower120 ft2011NyeSagebrush Cellular, Inc.
1286239Pole106 ft2013ColumbusGold Creek Cellular of Montana Limited Partnership
1054499Tower56 ft1993ColumbusNorthWestern Corporation
1328503Monopole40 ft2024ColumbusBNSF Railway Co
1328688Monopole40 ft2025ColumbusBNSF Railway Co
1245109Tower30 ft2004ColumbusScripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC

If you have a tower lease in Stillwater 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: Deer Lodge County (10), Madison County (10), Mineral County (10), Sweet Grass 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.