New York / Essex County
#46 of 62 NY counties · 21 structures
Cell towers in Essex County, NY
The FCC registry lists 21 constructed antenna structures in Essex County, 1% of New York's 2,735. Ownership is spread across 14 registrants; the largest, New York RSA 2 Cellular Partnership, has 4 (19%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 4 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 21
- 2Tallest 278 ft
- 3Largest owner New York RSA 2 Cellular Partnership
- 4Median height (state 190 ft) 99 ft
Who owns the towers in Essex County
14 different registrants own the 21 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 99 feet, 91 feet shorter than the New York median, typical of denser areas where more, shorter sites fill in coverage. The tallest is a on a building near Lake Placid at 278 feet, built in 2000. More than in any other decade, 38% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1207871 | On a building | 278 ft | 2000 | Lake Placid | Olympic Regional Development Authority |
| 1305349 | Guyed tower | 199 ft | 2018 | Lake Placid | North Country Radio |
| 1319016 | Monopole | 154 ft | 2021 | Newcomb | Parallel Infrastructure III, LLC |
| 1258563 | Tower | 143 ft | 2005 | Westport | VB-S1 Assets, LLC |
| 1274339 | Pole | 129 ft | 2011 | Keene | New York RSA 2 Cellular Partnership |
| 1292135 | Monopole | 124 ft | 2015 | Lake Placid | New York RSA 2 Cellular Partnership |
| 1273953 | Monopole | 116 ft | 2010 | Chesterfield | SBA Monarch Towers III, LLC |
| 1210807 | Pole | 115 ft | 1995 | Schroon Lake | New York RSA 2 Cellular Partnership |
| 1330388 | Monopole | 109 ft | 2026 | Schroon | The Towers, LLC |
| 1265969 | Tower | 100 ft | 2008 | Westport | Global Tower, LLC. through American Towers, LLC |
| 1007291 | Lattice tower | 99 ft | 2021 | Port Kent | Everlink Towers LLC |
| 1271605 | Monopole | 98 ft | 2009 | Elizabethtown | SBA Towers II LLC |
| 1317609 | Pole | 94 ft | 2020 | Elizabethtown | Parallel Infrastructure III, LLC |
| 1318889 | Monopole | 94 ft | 2021 | Westport | Tillman Infrastructure, LLC |
| 1277253 | Tower | 90 ft | 2010 | New Russia | SBA Monarch Towers III, LLC |
| 1321251 | Pole | 90 ft | 2021 | Elizabethtown | Parallel Infrastructure III, LLC |
| 1318372 | Monopole | 88 ft | 2020 | Town Of Minerva | CitySwitch II, LLC |
| 1274385 | Tower | 85 ft | 2010 | North Hudson | T-Mobile USA Tower LLC |
| 1315348 | Monopole | 85 ft | 2020 | Lewis | CitySwitch II, LLC |
| 1274377 | Pole | 84 ft | 2011 | Bloomingdale | New York RSA 2 Cellular Partnership |
| 1328377 | On a building | 62 ft | 2019 | Lake Placid | T-Mobile Northeast LLC |
If you have a tower lease in Essex 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: Cortland County (22), Delaware County (22), Kings County (22), Tioga County (20), Franklin County (18).
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.