New York / Otsego County

#30 of 62 NY counties · 32 structures

Cell towers in Otsego County, NY

The FCC registry lists 32 constructed antenna structures in Otsego County, 1% of New York's 2,735. Ownership is spread across 17 registrants; the largest, American Tower, has 8 (25%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 12 between them.

Value a buyout offer

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  1. 1Constructed structures 32
  2. 2Tallest 310 ft
  3. 3Largest owner American Tower
  4. 4Median height (state 190 ft) 199 ft
Structures
32
rank 30 of 62 in NY
Most common type
Lattice tower
41% of structures
Over 200 feet
12
38% of structures
Peak build decade
2010s
28% built then

Who owns the towers in Otsego County

17 different registrants own the 32 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.

American Tower8County of Otsego4SBA Communications3Otsego, County of3Verizon2Parallel Infrastructure III,2Crown Castle1Townsquare Media Oneonta, LL1
Constructed structures in Otsego 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 tower near Worcester at 310 feet, built in 1993. More than in any other decade, 28% were built in the 2010s.

Lattice tower13Tower11Monopole5Pole1Mast1Guyed tower1
Structures in Otsego County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.
11950s11960s11970s31980s51990s82000s92010s42020s
Structures in Otsego 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
1009602Tower310 ft1993WorcesterCrown Atlantic Company, LLC
1007449Tower275 ft1960OneontaTownsquare Media Oneonta, LLC
1005516Lattice tower262 ft1957WorcesterAmerican Towers LLC
1241849Tower260 ft2004BurlingtonCellco Partnership
1215185Lattice tower256 ft2009OneontaAmerican Towers LLC
1215943Lattice tower255 ft1999RichmondvilleAmerican Towers LLC
1011679Tower253 ft1980Rogers KnobFamily Life Ministries, Inc.
1306259Lattice tower231 ft2018GarrattsvilleCounty of Otsego
1306260Lattice tower231 ft2018MorrisCounty of Otsego
1306261Lattice tower231 ft2018WestfordCounty of Otsego
1006634Lattice tower214 ft2006BurlingtonAmerican Towers LLC
1314429Lattice tower205 ft2020CooperstownCellco Partnership
1011672Tower200 ft1980Cherry ValleyPax et Bonum, Inc.
1045093Lattice tower199 ft1997OneontaAmerican Towers LLC
1231860Tower199 ft2000UnadillaSTATE OF NEW YORK, DIVISION OF STATE POLICE
1282639Tower199 ft2010CooperstownCounty of Otsego
1283402Tower199 ft2011ButternutsOtsego, County of
1283409Tower199 ft2010West WinfieldOtsego, County of
1283421Tower199 ft2010CooperstownOtsego, County of
1311668Monopole199 ft2019UnidillaVB-S1 Assets, LLC
1321180Lattice tower199 ft2022HartwickParallel Infrastructure III, LLC
1279487Lattice tower195 ft1999MilfordAmerican Towers LLC
1297575Monopole166 ft2021HartwickAPC Towers, LLC
1264432Monopole157 ft2008HartwickSBA Towers II LLC
1268429Tower157 ft2009OneontaOTSEGO COUNTY 911 COMMUNICATIONS
1317269Monopole156 ft2020LaurensParallel Infrastructure III, LLC
1272940Lattice tower155 ft2010New BerlinSBA Towers II LLC
1044990Lattice tower140 ft1995WorcesterAmerican Towers LLC
1273325Guyed tower137 ft1980SchenevusAmerican Towers LLC
1234004Monopole104 ft2001UnadillaSBA 2012 TC Assets, LLC
1054146Pole90 ft1972SigneySIDNEY, VILLAGE OF
1230659Mast30 ft2002OneontaCity of Oneonta

If you have a tower lease in Otsego 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: Ontario County (37), Cayuga County (36), Sullivan County (34), Herkimer County (31), Schenectady County (31).

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.