Cell towers in Bedford County, VA

The FCC registry lists 27 constructed antenna structures in Bedford County, 1% of Virginia's 2,952. Ownership is spread across 14 registrants; the largest, Array Digital Infrastructure, has 5 (19%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 9 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 27
2Tallest 1230 ft
3Largest owner Array Digital Infrastructure
4Median height (state 199 ft) 197 ft

Structures

rank 37 of 132 in VA

Most common type

Monopole

48% of structures

Over 200 feet

26% of structures

Peak build decade

2000s

33% built then

Who owns the towers in Bedford County

14 different registrants own the 27 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 Bedford County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 197 feet, close to the Virginia median of 199 feet. The tallest is a tower near Thaxton at 1230 feet, built in 1983. More than in any other decade, 33% were built in the 2000s.

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

Structures in Bedford 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
1016546	Tower	1230 ft	1983	Thaxton	WSET Licensee, LLC
1026679	Tower	904 ft	1993	Bedford	Nexstar Media Inc.
1017000	Guyed tower	309 ft	2005	Bedford	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1018674	Lattice tower	309 ft	1985	Blue Ridge	American Towers LLC
1002253	Lattice tower	300 ft	1996	Lynchburg	Specialty Towers LLC
1009122	Guyed tower	275 ft	1996	Forest	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1216037	Tower	201 ft	2008	Big Island	Vertical Bridge CC FM, LLC
1023805	Tower	199 ft	1997	Huddleston	BEDFORD, COUNTY OF
1297489	Monopole	199 ft	2016	Huddleston	Apex Towers, LLC
1302420	Monopole	199 ft	2018	Bedford	Apex Towers, LLC
1302899	Monopole	199 ft	2018	Huddleston	Apex Towers, LLC
1328009	Monopole	199 ft	2024	Vinton	EIP Holdings IV, LLC
1329029	Monopole	199 ft	2025	Bedford	Milestone Towers
1299997	Monopole	197 ft	2016	Blue Ridge	Apex Towers, LLC
1231750	Tower	195 ft	2000	Bedford	Crown Communication LLC
1298586	Lattice tower	190 ft	2016	Montvale	Mid-Atlantic Broadband Cooperative
1023804	Monopole	177 ft	2026	Vinton	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1282157	Monopole	154 ft	2023	Forest	American Towers LLC
1058225	Monopole	137 ft	1999	Lynchburg	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1256069	Monopole	126 ft	2006	Bedford	SBA Towers II LLC
1236132	Pole	125 ft	2002	Forest	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1278636	Monopole	125 ft	2012	Bedford	Crown Communication LLC
1300102	Lattice tower	108 ft	2017	Moneta	Southside Electric Cooperative
1249611	Pole	105 ft	2005	Vinton	SBA Towers II LLC
1249506	Monopole	101 ft	2006	Moneta	SBA Towers II LLC
1256070	Monopole	97 ft	2006	Moneta	SBA Towers II LLC
1256068	Tower	88 ft	2006	Bedford	SBA Towers II LLC

If you have a tower lease in Bedford 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: Spotsylvania County (28), Tazewell County (28), Augusta County (27), Culpeper County (25), New Kent County (25).

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.