Cell towers in White Pine County, NV

The FCC registry lists 18 constructed antenna structures in White Pine County, 2% of Nevada's 924. Ownership is spread across 15 registrants; the largest, AirTouch Cellular, has 3 (17%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 1 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 18
2Tallest 206 ft
3Largest owner AirTouch Cellular
4Median height (state 81 ft) 64 ft

Structures

rank 7 of 17 in NV

Most common type

Pole

44% of structures

Over 200 feet

6% of structures

Peak build decade

2010s

39% built then

Who owns the towers in White Pine County

15 different registrants own the 18 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.

Constructed structures in White Pine County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 64 feet, 17 feet shorter than the Nevada median, typical of denser areas where more, shorter sites fill in coverage. The tallest is a tower near Ely at 206 feet, built in 1949. More than in any other decade, 39% were built in the 2010s.

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

Structures in White Pine 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
1042060	Tower	206 ft	1949	Ely	Ruby Radio Corporation
1285503	Lattice tower	199 ft	2013	Lund	Horvath Towers III, LLC
1329835	Lattice tower	197 ft	2025	Ely	Sun State Towers
1256961	Pole	136 ft	2007	White Pine	AirTouch Cellular
1248680	Tower	135 ft	2010	Ely	CCATT LLC
1014768	Tower	107 ft	2010	Ely	Octagon Towers, LLC
1239736	Lattice tower	90 ft	2017	Ely	State of Nevada Dept of Information Technology
1009343	Tower	72 ft	1992	Ely	AirTouch Cellular
1306022	Pole	65 ft	2018	Ely	EIP Holdings IV, LLC
1321960	Lattice tower	64 ft	2022	Ely	City of Los Angeles Department of Water & Power
1322426	Lattice tower	60 ft	2022	Ely	City of Los Angeles Department of Water & Power
1206474	Pole	59 ft	1977	Ely	White Pine County
1205670	Pole	50 ft	1973	Ely	MT WHEELER POWER INC
1285853	Pole	50 ft	2013	Ely	AirTouch Cellular
1305958	Pole	45 ft	2018	Ely	Commnet of Nevada, LLC
1240878	Pole	40 ft	2004	Ely	Sierra Pacific Power
1245651	Pole	36 ft	2005	Ely	College Creek Broadcasting, Inc.
1011436	Tower	34 ft	1995	Ely	Nevada Bell Telephone Company d/b/a AT&T Nevada

If you have a tower lease in White Pine 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 Nevada with similar tower counts: Nye County (37), Churchill County (24), Humboldt County (20), Lyon County (16), Lander County (12).

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.