New Mexico / McKinley County
#6 of 33 NM counties · 69 structures
Cell towers in McKinley County, NM
The FCC registry lists 69 constructed antenna structures in McKinley County, 6% of New Mexico's 1,180. Ownership is spread across 32 registrants; the largest, Verizon, has 7 (10%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 8 between them.
Who owns the towers in McKinley County
32 different registrants own the 69 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.
Height and age
The median structure here stands 155 feet, 40 feet shorter than the New Mexico median, typical of denser areas where more, shorter sites fill in coverage. The tallest is a lattice tower near Manuelito at 432 feet, built in 1994. More than in any other decade, 28% were built in the 2010s.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1003500 | Lattice tower | 432 ft | 1994 | Manuelito | Cellco Partnership |
| 1003501 | Guyed tower | 370 ft | 1994 | Prewitt | Cellco Partnership |
| 1003499 | Tower | 369 ft | 1994 | Continental Divide | Cellco Partnership |
| 1057156 | Guyed tower | 366 ft | 1998 | Gallup | American Towers LLC |
| 1264427 | Tower | 349 ft | 2009 | Gamerco | MILLENNIUM MEDIA, INC. |
| 1037072 | Tower | 315 ft | 1960 | Thoreau | Transwestern Pipeline Company LLC |
| 1240717 | Guyed tower | 304 ft | 2003 | Thoreau | BNSF Railway Co. |
| 1264990 | Lattice tower | 302 ft | 2008 | Grants | Qwest Corporation |
| 1035204 | Guyed tower | 290 ft | 1992 | Black Rock | CenturyTel of the Southwest, Inc. |
| 1271782 | Tower | 260 ft | 2010 | Vanderwagen | Smith Bagley Inc |
| 1056437 | Guyed tower | 256 ft | 1998 | Continental Divide | American Towers LLC |
| 1057150 | Lattice tower | 256 ft | 1998 | Gallup | American Towers LLC |
| 1278408 | Lattice tower | 256 ft | 2011 | Crownpoint | Smith Bagley Inc dba Cellular One of North East Arizona |
| 1238144 | Mast | 255 ft | 2003 | Thoreau | CCATT LLC |
| 1282003 | Lattice tower | 255 ft | 2004 | Gallup | Smith Bagley Inc dba Cellular One of North East Arizona |
| 1237617 | Lattice tower | 254 ft | 2003 | Gallup | CCATT LLC |
| 1005775 | Tower | 222 ft | 1990 | Gallup | MILLENNIUM MEDIA INC |
| 1006018 | Tower | 207 ft | 1966 | Tse Bonito | Private owner (name withheld) |
| 1018935 | Tower | 203 ft | 1978 | Gallup | Vertical Bridge CC FM, LLC |
| 1063022 | Guyed tower | 200 ft | 1976 | Deza Bluff | Navajo Communications Company, Inc. |
| 1265513 | Tower | 200 ft | 1974 | Gallup | Millennium Media, Inc. |
| 1062849 | Tower | 199 ft | 1998 | Zuni | Smith Bagley Inc |
| 1063021 | Guyed tower | 198 ft | 1976 | Cuba | VB-S1 Assets, LLC |
| 1011772 | Tower | 190 ft | 2005 | Gallup | Cellco Partnership |
| 1322534 | Lattice tower | 190 ft | 2020 | Pinedale | NAVAJO TRIBAL UTILITY AUTHORITY |
| 1011770 | Lattice tower | 187 ft | 1994 | Zuni | Cellco Partnership |
| 1318042 | Lattice tower | 186 ft | 2016 | Ojo Encino | Smith Bagley Inc dba Cellular One of North East Arizona |
| 1297008 | Lattice tower | 185 ft | 2015 | Gallup | Smith Bagley Inc |
| 1317926 | Lattice tower | 185 ft | 2021 | Pinedale | Smith Bagley Inc dba Cellular One of North East Arizona |
| 1317958 | Lattice tower | 185 ft | 2016 | Cuba | Smith Bagley Inc dba Cellular One of North East Arizona |
| 1006020 | Tower | 184 ft | 1995 | Tse Bonito | Private owner (name withheld) |
| 1284372 | Lattice tower | 184 ft | 2013 | Navajo | NAVAJO TRIBAL UTILITY AUTHORITY |
| 1317931 | Lattice tower | 184 ft | 2021 | Mariano Lake | Smith Bagley Inc dba Cellular One of North East Arizona |
| 1311447 | Lattice tower | 170 ft | 2020 | Thoreau | Hemphill, LLC |
| 1250087 | Lattice tower | 155 ft | 2004 | Crownpoint | Smith Bagley Inc dba Cellular One of North East Arizona |
| 1292736 | Lattice tower | 152 ft | 2009 | Navajo | NAVAJO TRIBAL UTILITY AUTHORITY |
| 1225838 | Other or unspecified | 150 ft | 2000 | Crown Point | NAVAJO TRIBAL UTILITY AUTHORITY |
| 1292362 | Lattice tower | 150 ft | 2014 | Crownpoint | Navajo Technical University |
| 1251421 | Tower | 140 ft | 2005 | Gallup | Smith Bagley Inc |
| 1316740 | Monopole | 140 ft | 2020 | Thoreau | NAVAJO TRIBAL UTILITY AUTHORITY |
| 1058408 | Tower | 138 ft | 1999 | Gallup | American Towers LLC |
| 1063776 | Tower | 136 ft | 1964 | Gallup | GALLUP, CITY OF |
| 1293768 | Monopole | 130 ft | 2015 | Gallup | American Towers LLC |
| 1256294 | Lattice tower | 125 ft | 2006 | Ramah | Smith Bagley Inc |
| 1307004 | Lattice tower | 120 ft | 2019 | Gallup | McKinley County |
| 1205223 | Tower | 115 ft | 1975 | Gallup | City of Gallup, New Mexico |
| 1321115 | Monopole | 110 ft | 2022 | Gallop | Vertical Bridge Development, LLC |
| 1005157 | Lattice tower | 109 ft | 2010 | Gallup | American Towers LLC |
| 1281820 | Pole | 102 ft | 2014 | Gallup | Cellco Partnership |
| 1307003 | Lattice tower | 100 ft | 2019 | Gallup | McKinley County |
| 1061232 | Lattice tower | 94 ft | 2004 | Gallup | BNSF Railway Co. |
| 1207979 | Tower | 80 ft | 1950 | Gallup | Electronic Center, Inc. |
| 1268379 | Tower | 80 ft | 2009 | Gallup | Smith Bagley Inc |
| 1237272 | Tower | 77 ft | 2010 | Thoreau | AT&T Mobility Spectrum LLC |
| 1201128 | On a building | 68 ft | 1966 | Gallup | Qwest Corporation |
| 1283375 | Tower | 68 ft | 2012 | Gallup | Cellco Partnership |
| 1237718 | Lattice tower | 59 ft | 2004 | Gallup | BNSF Railway Co. |
| 1279367 | Tower | 50 ft | 2012 | Gallup | BNSF Railway Co. |
| 1279445 | Tower | 50 ft | 2012 | Gallup | BNSF Railway Co. |
| 1304791 | Monopole | 50 ft | 2019 | Mentmore | Sacred Wind Communications, Inc. |
| 1204966 | Tower | 49 ft | 2011 | Black Rock | ZUNI TRIBE |
| 1205382 | Tower | 46 ft | 1971 | Gallup | Gallup Sand & Gravel Co |
| 1290824 | Guyed tower | 44 ft | 2015 | Gallup | BNSF Railway Co. |
| 1209714 | Tower | 40 ft | 1999 | Gallup | Comcast Corporation |
| 1315949 | Monopole | 40 ft | 2020 | Gallup | Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc. |
| 1205493 | Pole | 39 ft | 1988 | Gallup | Electronic Center, Inc. |
| 1219024 | Tower | 30 ft | 1979 | Crown Point | Hearst Properties Inc. |
| 1235332 | Lattice tower | 30 ft | 1985 | Window Rock | NCC Systems, Inc. |
| 1201337 | Tower | 24 ft | 1999 | Gallup | Comcast Corporation |
If you have a tower lease in McKinley 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 Mexico with similar tower counts: San Juan County (104), Chaves County (82), Eddy County (74), Doña Ana County (53), Otero County (45).
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.