Cell towers in Loudoun County, VA

The FCC registry lists 53 constructed antenna structures in Loudoun County, 2% of Virginia's 2,952. Ownership is spread across 30 registrants; the largest, SBA Communications, has 10 (19%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 24 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 53
2Tallest 296 ft
3Largest owner SBA Communications
4Median height (state 199 ft) 160 ft

Structures

rank 9 of 132 in VA

Most common type

Monopole

40% of structures

Over 200 feet

8% of structures

Peak build decade

1990s

28% built then

Who owns the towers in Loudoun County

30 different registrants own the 53 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 Loudoun County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 160 feet, 39 feet shorter than the Virginia median, typical of denser areas where more, shorter sites fill in coverage. The tallest is a lattice tower near Ashburn at 296 feet, built in 2001. More than in any other decade, 28% were built in the 1990s.

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

Structures in Loudoun 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
1218775	Lattice tower	296 ft	2001	Ashburn	E A R LTD
1310001	Lattice tower	260 ft	2019	Purcellville	American Towers LLC
1023975	Lattice tower	245 ft	1962	Leesburg	American Towers LLC
1203237	Water tank	205 ft	1986	Purcellville	Purcellville, Town, of
1034852	Monopole	200 ft	1998	Ashburn	SBA Towers III LLC
1278101	Pole	200 ft	1996	Aldie	AT&T Mobility Spectrum LLC
1061299	Tower	199 ft	2008	Leesburg	Pinnacle Towers LLC
1318340	Lattice tower	199 ft	2022	Aldie	Milestone Towers
1034851	Monopole	198 ft	1997	Ashburn	SBA Towers III LLC
1034850	Monopole	197 ft	1998	Ashburn	SBA Towers III LLC
1039868	Monopole	195 ft	2006	Ashburn	American Towers LLC
1255859	Other or unspecified	195 ft	2010	Sterling	Potomac Radio, LLC
1255860	Other or unspecified	195 ft	2010	Sterling	Potomac Radio, LLC
1255861	Other or unspecified	195 ft	2010	Sterling	Potomac Radio, LLC
1039866	Pole	192 ft	2008	Sterling	SpectraSite Communications, LLC. through American Towers, LLC.
1301835	Lattice tower	183 ft	1999	Sterling	CTI Towers Assets III, LLC
1042071	Tower	182 ft	1995	Leesburg	Verizon Virginia LLC.
1233242	Pole	176 ft	2003	Chantilly	Pinnacle Towers Acquisition LLC
1324623	Lattice tower	173 ft	2023	Purcellville	Milestone Towers
1236623	Tower	172 ft	2003	Leesburg	Pinnacle Towers Acquisition LLC
1034853	Monopole	168 ft	1999	Leesburg	SBA Towers III LLC
1287661	Monopole	166 ft	2013	Chantilly	SBC TOWER HOLDINGS LLC
1060091	Tower	165 ft	1990	Bluemont	SBA Properties, LLC
1232614	Monopole	164 ft	2010	Chantilly	American Towers LLC
1280728	Monopole	162 ft	1997	Sterling	CCATT LLC
1024368	Monopole	160 ft	1985	Leesburg	Crown Atlantic Company, LLC
1259715	Other or unspecified	160 ft	2007	Chantilly	Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
1322630	Monopole	155 ft	2024	Leesburg	Infra Towers, LLC
1328668	Monopole	155 ft	2007	Sterling	Arcola Towers 1, LP
1205720	Monopole	154 ft	1999	Sterling	Pinnacle Towers Acquisition LLC
1268332	Monopole	154 ft	2010	Ashburn	SBA Towers X, LLC
1334406	Other or unspecified	153 ft	2026	Ashburn	Cellco Partnership
1002343	Tower	152 ft	1996	Sterling	Crown Atlantic Company, LLC
1322506	Monopole	152 ft	2023	Middleburg	Milestone Towers
1326389	Monopole	152 ft	2025	Paeonian Springs	Milestone Towers
1004122	Pole	145 ft	1997	Sterling	Crown Atlantic Company, LLC
1231603	Tower	145 ft	2007	Dulles	Archibald, LLC
1318905	Monopole	142 ft	2021	Ashburn	Milestone Towers
1320381	Monopole	141 ft	2026	Sterling	WASHINGTON METRO AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY WMATA
1311585	Lattice tower	138 ft	2020	Leesburg	Milestone Towers
1016113	Tower	136 ft	1990	Leesburg	LOUDOUN, COUNTY OF
1238314	Monopole	136 ft	2003	Sterling	SBA 2012 TC Assets, LLC
1238755	Pole	134 ft	2004	Arcola	Cellco Partnership
1320470	Monopole	132 ft	2022	Waterford	Milestone Towers
1260821	Tree / stealth	131 ft	2008	Leesburg	SBA Towers III LLC
1321994	Monopole	127 ft	2022	Brambleton	Milestone Tower
1311258	Monopole	126 ft	2020	Sterling	Milestone Towers
1276064	Water tank	120 ft	2011	Leesburg	T-Mobile Northeast LLC
1271124	Pole	115 ft	1998	Sterling	SBA 2012 TC Assets, LLC
1274883	On a building	110 ft	2005	Bluemont	American Towers LLC
1269342	Tower	108 ft	2010	Leesburg	SBA Towers II LLC
1205819	Lattice tower	85 ft	1999	Leesburg	Virginia Electric and Power Company
1315242	On a building	38 ft	2021	Leesburg	Town of Leesburg Leesburg Executive Airport

If you have a tower lease in Loudoun 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: Norfolk city (80), Chesapeake city (77), Hanover County (67), Suffolk city (53), Hampton city (48).

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.