Cell towers in Columbia County, NY

The FCC registry lists 15 constructed antenna structures in Columbia County, 1% of New York's 2,735. American Tower owns 8 of them (53%), 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 10 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 15
2Tallest 446 ft
3Largest owner American Tower
4Median height (state 190 ft) 199 ft

Structures

rank 53 of 62 in NY

Most common type

Tower

27% of structures

Over 200 feet

40% of structures

Peak build decade

1990s

47% built then

Who owns the towers in Columbia County

8 different registrants own the 15 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 Columbia County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 199 feet, close to the New York median of 190 feet. The tallest is a guyed tower near Greenport at 446 feet, built in 1998. More than in any other decade, 47% were built in the 1990s.

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

Structures in Columbia 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
1041890	Guyed tower	446 ft	1998	Greenport	Vertical Bridge CC FM, LLC
1005520	Lattice tower	346 ft	1958	Hillsdale	American Towers LLC
1041107	Guyed tower	312 ft	1998	Austerlitz	Pinnacle Towers LLC
1009028	Guyed tower	304 ft	2003	Brainard	Tennessee Gas Company LLC
1003315	Tower	266 ft	1994	Claverack	Crown Atlantic Company, LLC
1010178	Tower	228 ft	1959	Kinderhook	American Towers LLC
1322230	Monopole	200 ft	2018	Hudson	Tarpon Towers II, LLC
1060024	Lattice tower	199 ft	1997	Ghent	American Towers LLC
1322138	Monopole	199 ft	2020	Hudson	Tarpon Towers II, LLC
1279049	Monopole	197 ft	2011	Claverack	American Towers LLC
1044992	Lattice tower	163 ft	1994	Elizaville	American Towers LLC
1235654	Pole	150 ft	2019	Chatham	American Towers LLC
1278509	Monopole	118 ft	2007	New Lebanon	American Towers LLC
1042250	Tower	114 ft	1994	Chatham	Global Tower, LLC. through American Towers, LLC
1003312	Tower	105 ft	1994	Germantown	Archtop Fiber LLC

If you have a tower lease in Columbia 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 York with similar tower counts: Yates County (17), Orleans County (16), Bronx County (15), Seneca County (15), Greene County (14).

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.