Cell towers in Ottawa County, OH

The FCC registry lists 53 constructed antenna structures in Ottawa County, 1% of Ohio's 6,156. Ownership is spread across 32 registrants; the largest, Crown Castle, has 7 (13%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 15 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 53
2Tallest 648 ft
3Largest owner Crown Castle
4Median height (state 254 ft) 229 ft

Structures

rank 42 of 88 in OH

Most common type

Tower

36% of structures

Over 200 feet

55% of structures

Peak build decade

2000s

43% built then

Who owns the towers in Ottawa County

32 different registrants own the 53 structures. One is registered to an individual or family trust, whose name this site withholds. 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 Ottawa County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 229 feet, 25 feet shorter than the Ohio median, typical of denser areas where more, shorter sites fill in coverage. The tallest is a tower near Port Clinton at 648 feet, built in 1982. More than in any other decade, 43% were built in the 2000s.

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

Structures in Ottawa 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
1012161	Tower	648 ft	1982	Port Clinton	BOARD OF OTTAWA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
1065887	Tower	642 ft	1999	Elmore	VB Nimbus, LLC
1021521	Guyed tower	393 ft	1999	Oak Harbor	TV6 Holdings LLC
1324089	Guyed tower	355 ft	2023	Curtice	CitySwitch DevCo 1, LLC
1297783	Guyed tower	345 ft	2016	Martin	Tower Sites, Inc.
1012562	Tower	343 ft	2002	Oak Harbor	Private owner (name withheld)
1053933	Tower	315 ft	1998	Bono	SBA Towers, LLC
1330238	Lattice tower	299 ft	2025	Port Clinton	Telecom Properties, LLC
1215260	Lattice tower	295 ft	2000	Port Clinton	T-Mobile USA Tower LLC
1260964	Tower	288 ft	2008	Elmore	Diamond Communications LLC
1204000	Tower	265 ft	2005	Graytown	Crown Castle Tower 05 LLC
1204057	Tower	265 ft	2005	Port Clinton	Crown Castle Tower 05 LLC
1321321	Lattice tower	264 ft	2022	Genoa	Tillman Infrastructure, LLC
1253509	Lattice tower	261 ft	2006	Oak Harbor	CCATT LLC
1245780	Lattice tower	260 ft	2005	Oak Harbor	SBA Towers, LLC
1019428	Lattice tower	259 ft	2006	Port Clinton	Cellco Partnership
1256587	Guyed tower	259 ft	2008	Oak Harbor	Crown Castle Tower 05 LLC
1225299	Lattice tower	258 ft	2001	Genoa	American Towers LLC
1014154	Tower	253 ft	1996	Port Clinton	Tower Assets Newco IX, LLC
1037607	Lattice tower	241 ft	2012	Oak Harbor	Cellco Partnership
1308362	Lattice tower	239 ft	2018	Oak Harbor	Tillman Infrastructure, LLC
1253403	Tower	238 ft	2006	Port Clinton	CCATT LLC
1019435	Lattice tower	232 ft	1986	Oak Harbor	Cellco Partnership
1296213	Lattice tower	232 ft	2015	Oak Harbor	Capital Telecom Holdings LLC
1015650	Lattice tower	230 ft	1968	Port Clinton	VB-S1 Assets, LLC
1253470	Lattice tower	230 ft	2006	Port Clinton	CCATT LLC
1296281	Lattice tower	229 ft	2015	Port Clinton	Capital Telecom Holdings LLC
1013983	Tower	223 ft	1954	Elmore	OHIO TURNPIKE COMMISSION
1012201	Tower	220 ft	1987	Oak Harbor	RAYS ELECTRONICS INC
1052996	Tower	199 ft	2000	Genoa	American Towers LLC
1209329	Tower	199 ft	2004	Marblehead	Crown Castle Tower 05 LLC
1228350	Mast	199 ft	2002	Oak Harbor	TVT III, LLC
1287244	Monopole	198 ft	2000	Lakeside Marblehead	T-Mobile USA Tower LLC
1329741	Monopole	194 ft	2025	Curtice	TowerCo V Holdings LLC
1247473	Pole	160 ft	2005	Port Clinton	Alltel Corporation
1274089	Tower	155 ft	2010	Middle Bass Island	Futronics, Inc.
1295916	Monopole	155 ft	2015	Danbury	SBA Towers V, LLC
1212327	Lattice tower	141 ft	1989	Put-In -Bay	VB-S1 Assets, LLC
1310442	Lattice tower	140 ft	2019	Put In Bay	Megabits, LLC
1225071	Tower	133 ft	2001	Port Clinton	STC Five LLC
1294681	Monopole	126 ft	2015	Port Clinton	SBA Towers VIII, LLC
1234058	Tower	124 ft	2003	Put In Bay	STC Five LLC
1258079	Pole	120 ft	2007	Port Clinton	Cellco Partnership
1215672	Monopole	106 ft	2000	Port Clinton	American Towers LLC
1015054	Lattice tower	101 ft	1995	Put-In-Bay	American Towers LLC
1329342	Lattice tower	100 ft	2024	Danbury Twp.	Norfolk Southern Corporation
1299665	Pole	77 ft	1999	Middle Bass	VB-S1 Assets, LLC
1227159	Tower	70 ft	2002	Put-In-Bay	State of Ohio
1296953	Monopole	63 ft	2016	Port Clinton	Norfolk Southern Railway Company
1227154	Tower	58 ft	2002	Put-In-Bay	State of Ohio
1247675	Tower	50 ft	1955	Port Clinton	ERIE OTTAWA REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY
1303884	Lattice tower	33 ft	2017	Port Clinton	ERIE OTTAWA REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY
1329412	Pole	28 ft	2025	Put-In-Bay	Alltel Corporation

If you have a tower lease in Ottawa 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 Ohio with similar tower counts: Miami County (54), Washington County (54), Knox County (53), Guernsey County (51), Ashland County (50).

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.