Cell towers in Albemarle County, VA

The FCC registry lists 45 constructed antenna structures in Albemarle County, 2% of Virginia's 2,952. American Tower owns 15 of them (33%), 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 21 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 45
2Tallest 525 ft
3Largest owner American Tower
4Median height (state 199 ft) 154 ft

Structures

rank 13 of 132 in VA

Most common type

Monopole

33% of structures

Over 200 feet

40% of structures

Peak build decade

1990s

33% built then

Who owns the towers in Albemarle County

21 different registrants own the 45 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 Albemarle County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 154 feet, 45 feet shorter than the Virginia median, typical of denser areas where more, shorter sites fill in coverage. The tallest is a guyed tower near Charlottesville at 525 feet, built in 1999. More than in any other decade, 33% were built in the 1990s.

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

Structures in Albemarle 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
1064938	Guyed tower	525 ft	1999	Charlottesville	SBA GC Towers, LLC
1017813	Tower	358 ft	1980	Crozet	MONTICELLO MEDIA, LLC
1020762	Tower	344 ft	1964	Charlottesville	CHARLOTTESVILLE BROADCASTING CORPORATION DBA = WQMZ FM
1018769	Tower	314 ft	1993	Charlottesville	Gray Local Media, Inc.
1243302	Other or unspecified	314 ft	2004	Charlottesville	Gray Local Media, Inc.
1015412	Tower	303 ft	2008	Charlottesville	American Towers LLC
1017812	Tower	303 ft	1970	Crozet	CLARK BROADCASTING COMPANY DBA = WCYK AM
1018222	Guyed tower	297 ft	2019	Charlottesville	VPM Media Corporation
1017221	Guyed tower	276 ft	1967	Charlottesville	American Towers LLC
1242439	Tower	270 ft	2004	Charlottesville	ALBEMARLE, COUNTY OF
1017972	Monopole	260 ft	1995	Charlottesville	Connect Holding LLC d/b/a Brightspeed
1017217	Guyed tower	257 ft	2020	Charlottesville	Monticello Media LLC
1025458	Other or unspecified	247 ft	1997	Charlottesville	Saga Communications of Charlottesville, LLC
1025459	Other or unspecified	247 ft	1997	Charlottesville	Saga Communications of Charlottesville, LLC
1025460	Other or unspecified	247 ft	1997	Charlottesville	Saga Communications of Charlottesville, LLC
1025461	Other or unspecified	247 ft	1997	Charlottesville	Saga Communications of Charlottesville, LLC
1026409	Tower	225 ft	1997	Charlottesville	Pinnacle Towers LLC
1027631	Lattice tower	224 ft	2007	Charlottesville	Pinnacle Towers LLC
1031657	Lattice tower	200 ft	1997	Charlottesville	American Towers LLC
1017811	Tower	187 ft	1989	Waynesboro	Monticello Media LLC
1017566	Monopole	171 ft	1995	Charlottesville	American Towers LLC
1017104	Lattice tower	158 ft	1990	Charlottesville	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1054801	Lattice tower	154 ft	1997	Charlottesville	Crown Communication LLC
1054800	Tower	150 ft	1997	Charlottesville	Crown Communication LLC
1286634	Lattice tower	146 ft	1994	Charlottesville	American Towers LLC
1207834	Lattice tower	135 ft	2000	Barboursville	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1305813	Monopole	135 ft	2018	Charlottesville	Milestone Towers
1302386	Monopole	131 ft	2013	Charlottesville	American Towers LLC
1310576	Monopole	131 ft	2017	Charlottesville	Milestone Towers
1299549	Monopole	129 ft	2017	Charlottesville	SBA Towers X, LLC
1301891	Monopole	125 ft	2006	Keswick	American Towers LLC
1301966	Monopole	123 ft	2005	North Garden	American Towers LLC
1302387	Monopole	119 ft	2012	Charlottesville	American Towers LLC
1301748	Monopole	112 ft	2011	Charlottesville	American Towers LLC
1281639	Tower	108 ft	2011	Charlottesville	Private owner (name withheld)
1023697	Lattice tower	107 ft	2009	Charlottesville	American Towers LLC
1301706	Monopole	107 ft	2009	Ivy	American Towers LLC
1302319	Monopole	103 ft	2012	Charlottesville	American Towers LLC
1311260	Monopole	102 ft	2019	Crozet	Milestone Towers
1301740	Monopole	101 ft	2005	Charlottesville	American Towers LLC
1055144	Tower	100 ft	1997	Albemarle County	Shenandoah Personal Communications
1262941	Tower	92 ft	2013	Charlottesville	Alltel Corporation
1301968	Monopole	91 ft	2005	Charlottesville	American Towers LLC
1016962	Other or unspecified	83 ft	1978	Waynesboro	Virginia Electric and Power Company
1017810	Tower	25 ft	1976	Crozet	CLARK BROADCASTING COMPANY DBA = WCYK FM

If you have a tower lease in Albemarle 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 Virginia with similar tower counts: Suffolk city (53), Hampton city (48), Campbell County (46), Mecklenburg County (45), Newport News city (44).

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.