Cell towers in Tompkins County, NY

The FCC registry lists 30 constructed antenna structures in Tompkins County, 1% of New York's 2,735. Ownership is spread across 18 registrants; the largest, Saga Communications of New England, LLC, has 7 (23%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 6 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 30
2Tallest 354 ft
3Largest owner Saga Communications of New England, LLC
4Median height (state 190 ft) 199 ft

Structures

rank 33 of 62 in NY

Most common type

Other or unspecified

27% of structures

Over 200 feet

37% of structures

Peak build decade

2000s

20% built then

Who owns the towers in Tompkins County

18 different registrants own the 30 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 Tompkins 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 Ithaca at 354 feet, built in 1992. More than in any other decade, 20% were built in the 2000s.

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

Structures in Tompkins 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
1004181	Guyed tower	354 ft	1992	Ithaca	American Towers LLC
1048236	Guyed tower	353 ft	1974	Dryden	GTC Uno, LLC
1048244	Other or unspecified	311 ft	1972	Ithaca	Saga Communications of New England, LLC
1048242	Other or unspecified	308 ft	1972	Ithaca	Saga Communications of New England, LLC
1048241	Other or unspecified	307 ft	1972	Ithaca	Saga Communications of New England, LLC
1048243	Other or unspecified	307 ft	1972	Ithaca	Saga Communications of New England, LLC
1048237	Other or unspecified	300 ft	1986	Newfield	Saga Communications of New England, LLC
1048238	Other or unspecified	292 ft	1986	Newfield	Saga Communications of New England, LLC
1048239	Other or unspecified	292 ft	1986	Newfield	Saga Communications of New England, LLC
1006944	Tower	265 ft	1966	Harford	TowerCo VI, LLC
1020302	Tower	236 ft	2000	Newfield	Crown Atlantic Company, LLC
1255672	Lattice tower	200 ft	2006	Lansing	SBA Infrastructures, LLC
1322205	Lattice tower	200 ft	2019	Dryden	Tarpon Towers II, LLC
1322403	Monopole	200 ft	2018	Danby	Tarpon Towers II, LLC
1302957	Lattice tower	199 ft	2017	Newfield	Horvath Towers V, LLC
1312810	Monopole	199 ft	2020	Brooktondale	CitySwitch II, LLC
1249986	Tower	195 ft	2006	Ithica	Tomkins County, NY
1282536	Guyed tower	186 ft	1997	Ithaca	American Towers LLC
1301126	Monopole	165 ft	2019	Groton	American Towers LLC
1315480	Monopole	158 ft	2020	Groton	PI Tower Development LLC
1322429	Monopole	157 ft	2021	Newfield	Tarpon Towers II, LLC
1048240	Tower	155 ft	2005	Newfield Village	GTC Uno, LLC
1287645	Pole	140 ft	2013	Ithaca	Cornell University
1253228	Tower	136 ft	2006	Ithaca	Crown Atlantic Company, LLC
1006943	Tower	120 ft	1966	Cayuta	T & K Communications Inc.
1303092	Monopole	120 ft	2020	Ithaca	APC Towers, LLC
1270618	Mast	118 ft	2009	Ithaca	New York SMSA Limited Partnership
1289389	Monopole	105 ft	2014	Ithaca	Diamond Towers IV LLC
1063948	Tower	89 ft	1981	Ithaca	TOMPKINS, COUNTY OF
1003020	Other or unspecified	79 ft	1994	Ellis	Eastern Gas Transmission and Storage, Inc.

If you have a tower lease in Tompkins 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: Otsego County (32), Herkimer County (31), Schenectady County (31), Wyoming County (30), Chenango County (29).

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.