North Carolina / Orange County
#46 of 100 NC counties · 40 structures
Cell towers in Orange County, NC
The FCC registry lists 40 constructed antenna structures in Orange County, 1% of North Carolina's 4,515. American Tower owns 14 of them (35%), 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 24 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 40
- 2Tallest 1097 ft
- 3Largest owner American Tower
- 4Median height (state 255 ft) 200 ft
Who owns the towers in Orange County
22 different registrants own the 40 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 200 feet, 55 feet shorter than the North Carolina median, typical of denser areas where more, shorter sites fill in coverage. The tallest is a guyed tower near Chapel Hill at 1097 feet, built in 1984. More than in any other decade, 43% were built in the 1990s.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1005059 | Guyed tower | 1097 ft | 1984 | Chapel Hill | American Towers LLC |
| 1005060 | Guyed tower | 840 ft | 2014 | Carrboro | American Towers LLC |
| 1001745 | Tower | 425 ft | 1984 | Laws | North Carolina State Highway Patrol |
| 1007409 | Tower | 414 ft | 2010 | Mebane | Crown Castle GT Company, LLC |
| 1005189 | Other or unspecified | 397 ft | 1995 | Orange | American Towers, LLC |
| 1005744 | Guyed tower | 347 ft | 2015 | Efland | EIP Holdings II, LLC |
| 1004862 | Tower | 315 ft | 1992 | Durham | Alltel Corporation |
| 1004947 | Guyed tower | 315 ft | 1996 | Hillsborough | American Towers LLC |
| 1003338 | Tower | 311 ft | 2010 | Hillsborough | Crown Castle GT Company, LLC |
| 1007024 | Guyed tower | 271 ft | 2003 | Cedar Grove | American Towers LLC |
| 1045099 | Tower | 266 ft | 2008 | Chapel Hill | American Towers, LLC |
| 1280412 | Tower | 262 ft | 2011 | Hillsborough | Duke Energy Business Services, llc |
| 1005128 | Guyed tower | 250 ft | 1994 | Hillsborough | American Towers LLC |
| 1011371 | Lattice tower | 249 ft | 2003 | Raleigh | American Towers LLC |
| 1317754 | Lattice tower | 246 ft | 2021 | Chapel Hill | EIP Communications I, LLC |
| 1002807 | Tower | 228 ft | 1996 | Chapel Hill | Crown Castle GT Company, LLC |
| 1005462 | Lattice tower | 212 ft | 1954 | Hillsborough | American Towers LLC |
| 1048275 | Other or unspecified | 203 ft | 1968 | Chapel Hill | RUDD MEDIA, LLC |
| 1048276 | Other or unspecified | 203 ft | 1968 | Chapel Hill | RUDD MEDIA, LLC |
| 1203459 | Monopole | 200 ft | 1999 | Chapel Hill | SBA Properties, LLC |
| 1288012 | Monopole | 200 ft | 2014 | Chapel Hill | Diamond Towers IV LLC |
| 1047559 | Other or unspecified | 199 ft | 1999 | Mebane | American Towers, LLC |
| 1215915 | Tower | 199 ft | 2000 | White Cross | SBA Towers, LLC |
| 1221756 | Mast | 199 ft | 1997 | Chapel Hill | American Towers LLC |
| 1222451 | Tower | 199 ft | 1998 | Hillsborough | Pinnacle Towers LLC |
| 1301036 | Monopole | 199 ft | 2017 | Chapel Hill | TowerCom IV, LLC |
| 1330615 | Monopole | 199 ft | 2026 | Hillsborough | TowerCo V Holdings LLC |
| 1283292 | Pole | 198 ft | 1996 | Carrboro | American Towers LLC |
| 1059765 | Pole | 197 ft | 2010 | Chapel Hill | BELLSOUTH TELECOMUNICATIONS, INC. |
| 1064057 | Monopole | 196 ft | 1998 | Chapel Hill | American Towers LLC |
| 1004986 | Monopole | 195 ft | 1999 | Cahpel Hill | Crown Castle GT Company, LLC |
| 1004856 | Tower | 195 ft | 1994 | Chapel Hill | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| 1265747 | Other or unspecified | 180 ft | 2008 | Hillsborough | North Carolina State Highway Patrol |
| 1006405 | Pole | 171 ft | 1996 | Carrboro | Town of Carrboro, NC |
| 1062419 | Tower | 159 ft | 1998 | Hillsborough | Pinnacle Towers LLC |
| 1260086 | Tower | 159 ft | 2008 | Hillsborough | Orange County Emergency Services |
| 1255194 | Monopole | 155 ft | 2010 | Chapel Hill | American Towers LLC |
| 1284091 | Pole | 111 ft | 1997 | Chapel Hill | CCATT LLC |
| 1299351 | Monopole | 94 ft | 2016 | Chapel Hill | Skyway Towers, LLC |
| 1281490 | Pole | 86 ft | 1998 | Chapel Hill | Crown Castle South LLC |
If you have a tower lease in Orange 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: Halifax County (41), Stanly County (41), Carteret County (40), Lincoln County (39), Burke County (38).
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.