#45 of 100 NC counties · 40 structures

Cell towers in Carteret County, NC

The FCC registry lists 40 constructed antenna structures in Carteret County, 1% of North Carolina's 4,515. American Tower owns 12 of them (30%), 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 14 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 40
2Tallest 844 ft
3Largest owner American Tower
4Median height (state 255 ft) 271 ft

Structures

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Most common type

Tower

30% of structures

Over 200 feet

73% of structures

Peak build decade

1990s

40% built then

Who owns the towers in Carteret County

21 different registrants own the 40 structures. 3 are registered to individuals or family trusts, whose names this site withholds. 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 Carteret County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 271 feet, 16 feet taller than the North Carolina median — a sign of broadcast and rural coverage towers rather than short suburban sites. The tallest is a guyed tower near Beaufort at 844 feet, built in 2007. More than in any other decade, 40% were built in the 1990s.

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

Structures in Carteret 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
1253623	Guyed tower	844 ft	2007	Beaufort	American Towers LLC
1002209	Guyed tower	536 ft	1995	Newport	American Towers LLC
1008256	Guyed tower	510 ft	2000	Newport	SWI Funds Tower Holdings, LLC
1044239	Tower	501 ft	1979	Newport	Spectrum Southeast, LLC
1003716	Tower	499 ft	1995	Newport	GRACE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL DBA = GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH
1279496	Guyed tower	491 ft	2012	Stacy	SBA GC Towers, LLC
1209051	Tower	485 ft	1999	Stacy	GCGI Develpment, LLC
1048300	Guyed tower	415 ft	2019	Newport	Private owner (name withheld)
1208162	Guyed tower	382 ft	2000	Morehead City	SWI Funds Tower Holdings, LLC
1004818	Guyed tower	330 ft	2012	Newport	Alltel Corporation
1006658	Other or unspecified	325 ft	1996	North River	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1057065	Lattice tower	315 ft	2003	Newport	American Towers LLC
1058772	Lattice tower	311 ft	2003	Broad Creek	American Towers LLC
1010516	Guyed tower	310 ft	2015	Newport	North Carolina State Highway Patrol
1314641	Lattice tower	310 ft	2021	Beaufort	VB BTS, ll, LLC
1056812	Tower	309 ft	2003	Morehead City	American Towers LLC
1248161	Guyed tower	305 ft	2005	Beaufort	SBA Towers II LLC
1011733	Tower	302 ft	1996	Morehead City	EAST CAROLINA BROADCASTING
1005180	Lattice tower	280 ft	1995	Stacy	American Towers LLC
1314558	Lattice tower	275 ft	2020	Morehead City	Duke Energy Business Services, LLC
1063947	Lattice tower	267 ft	2003	Swansboro	American Towers LLC.
1306785	Lattice tower	265 ft	2020	Newport	Carteret-Craven Electric Membership Corporation
1004934	Tower	261 ft	1995	Morehead City	American Towers LLC
1246584	Tower	260 ft	2005	Gloucester	Alltel Corporation
1006891	Guyed tower	254 ft	1967	Lola	Connect Holding LLC d/b/a Brightspeed
1004841	Tower	252 ft	1995	Cape Carteret	Alltel Corporation
1201620	Lattice tower	250 ft	1999	Pellitier	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1258317	Other or unspecified	250 ft	2007	Beaufort	North Carolina State Highway Patrol
1006892	Tower	235 ft	1977	Morehead City	Connect Holding LLC d/b/a Brightspeed
1219487	Tower	200 ft	2000	Swansboro	American Towers LLC
1237666	Lattice tower	195 ft	1996	Newport	American Towers LLC
1007830	Lattice tower	190 ft	1994	Broad Creek	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1304215	Monopole	189 ft	2018	Newport	Private owner (name withheld)
1056022	Water tank	171 ft	1994	Emerald Isle	BOGUE BANKS WATER CORP.
1007423	Tower	170 ft	1996	Beaufort	CARTERET, COUNTY OF
1027644	Monopole	170 ft	1997	Morehead City	American Towers LLC
1004838	Lattice tower	146 ft	1996	Beaufort	American Towers LLC
1247129	Water tank	130 ft	2006	Morehead City	NORTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS AUTHORITY
1304464	Monopole	120 ft	2018	Pine Knoll Shores	Private owner (name withheld)
1060056	Tower	75 ft	1999	Beaufort	DEANS GAS COMPANY

If you have a tower lease in Carteret 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 North Carolina with similar tower counts: Richmond County (43), Halifax County (41), Stanly County (41), Orange County (40), Lincoln County (39).

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.