New Hampshire / Belknap County

#8 of 10 NH counties · 30 structures

Cell towers in Belknap County, NH

The FCC registry lists 30 constructed antenna structures in Belknap County, 7% of New Hampshire's 430. Ownership is spread across 17 registrants; the largest, Industrial Tower and Wireless, has 7 (23%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 10 between them.

Value a buyout offer

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  1. 1Constructed structures 30
  2. 2Tallest 250 ft
  3. 3Largest owner Industrial Tower and Wireless
  4. 4Median height (state 167 ft) 140 ft
Structures
30
rank 8 of 10 in NH
Most common type
Monopole
37% of structures
Over 200 feet
2
7% of structures
Peak build decade
2000s
37% built then

Who owns the towers in Belknap County

17 different registrants own the 30 structures. 2 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.

Industrial Tower and Wireles7American Tower4Crown Castle3SBA Communications3Private owners2Array Digital Infrastructure2GILFORD NEW HAMPSHIRE POLICE1LACONIA POLICE DEPARTMENT1
Constructed structures in Belknap County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 140 feet, 27 feet shorter than the New Hampshire median, typical of denser areas where more, shorter sites fill in coverage. The tallest is a guyed tower near Laconia at 250 feet, built in 1983. More than in any other decade, 37% were built in the 2000s.

Monopole11Tower7Lattice tower7Pole3Guyed tower2
Structures in Belknap County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.
11970s21980s11990s112000s82010s72020s
Structures in Belknap 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
1033933Guyed tower250 ft1983LaconiaGlobal Signal Acquisitions LLC
1333322Lattice tower224 ft2026LaconiaLakes Region Mutual Fire Aid Association
1221147Tower200 ft2001New HamptonIndustrial Communications & Electronics, Inc.
1318950Lattice tower200 ft2025BarnsteadIndustrial Tower and Wireless, LLC
1279594Lattice tower199 ft2012GilfordState of NH, DRED
1277168Lattice tower197 ft2010BarnsteadAmerican Towers LLC
1274036Tower189 ft2010GilfordCrown Atlantic Company, LLC
1324510Lattice tower167 ft2002SanborntonBlue Sky Towers III, LLC
1256019Tower158 ft1982LaconiaGlobal Signal Acquisitions LLC
1330859Pole157 ft2026SanborntonTowerCo V Holdings LLC
1295342Monopole151 ft2016GilfordAmerican Towers LLC
1217237Guyed tower144 ft2022AltonAmerican Towers LLC
1204466Tower140 ft2006GilfordPrivate owner (name withheld)
1310194Monopole140 ft2019GilmantonIndustrial Tower and Wireless, LLC
1311696Monopole140 ft2020GilmantonIndustrial Tower and Wireless, LLC
1314640Monopole140 ft2021GilmantonIndustrial Tower and Wireless, LLC
1318951Monopole140 ft2022GilmantonIndustrial Tower and Wireless, LLC
1248718Monopole132 ft2004SanborntonSBA Towers II LLC
1251457Monopole126 ft2007AltonIndustrial Tower and Wireless, LLC
1308965Monopole125 ft2019GilfordARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1238032Pole122 ft2001GilfordAmerican Towers LLC
1248904Monopole122 ft2006AltonSBA Towers II LLC
1251456Monopole100 ft2013AltonIndustrial Tower & Wireless, LLC
1264005Monopole99 ft2008MeredithSBA Towers II LLC
1236075Lattice tower80 ft2007Weirs BeachARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1294193Lattice tower80 ft2014GilfordGilford, Town of
1208244Tower69 ft1979GilfordGILFORD NEW HAMPSHIRE POLICE DEPARTMENT
1214872Pole59 ft2000LaconiaLACONIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
1238384Tower52 ft2003GilfordNH Department of Transportation
1231550Tower40 ft1998GilfordPrivate owner (name withheld)

If you have a tower lease in Belknap 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 New Hampshire with similar tower counts: Cheshire County (38), Coos County (34), Strafford County (34), Carroll County (18), Sullivan County (16).

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.