Virginia / Roanoke County
#41 of 132 VA counties · 25 structures
Cell towers in Roanoke County, VA
The FCC registry lists 25 constructed antenna structures in Roanoke County, 1% of Virginia's 2,952. Ownership is spread across 18 registrants; the largest, Verizon, has 4 (16%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 6 between them.
Who owns the towers in Roanoke County
18 different registrants own the 25 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.
Height and age
The median structure here stands 199 feet, close to the Virginia median of 199 feet. The tallest is a lattice tower near Bent Mountain at 271 feet, built in 1990. More than in any other decade, 36% were built in the 2000s.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1017598 | Lattice tower | 271 ft | 1990 | Bent Mountain | Blue Ridge Public Television, Inc. |
| 1236278 | Pole | 249 ft | 2002 | Elliston | Appalachian Power Company |
| 1028319 | Other or unspecified | 244 ft | 1986 | Roanoke | ION Station Properties, LLC |
| 1024381 | Guyed tower | 243 ft | 2021 | Roanoke | Graham Media Group, Virginia, LLC |
| 1002024 | Lattice tower | 234 ft | 1997 | Roanoke | Crown Castle GT Company, LLC |
| 1320939 | Lattice tower | 228 ft | 2022 | Roanoke | Virginia Tech Foundation, Inc WVTF Public Radio |
| 1247785 | Pole | 200 ft | 2005 | Salem | Cellco Partnership |
| 1036956 | Lattice tower | 199 ft | 1998 | Boones Mills | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1037983 | Lattice tower | 199 ft | 1998 | Catawba | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1245015 | Monopole | 199 ft | 2005 | Hardy | SBA Towers IX, LLC |
| 1249207 | Monopole | 199 ft | 2005 | Hollins | American Towers LLC |
| 1282135 | Tower | 199 ft | 2012 | Roanoke | American Towers LLC |
| 1325617 | Monopole | 199 ft | 2019 | Roanoke | Skyway Towers, LLC |
| 1024382 | Tower | 189 ft | 1972 | Roanoke | Mel Wheeler, Inc. |
| 1026412 | Tower | 171 ft | 1997 | Bent Mountain | Pinnacle Towers LLC |
| 1212659 | Monopole | 167 ft | 1999 | Roanoke | American Towers LLC |
| 1062537 | Other or unspecified | 166 ft | 2011 | Salem | Private owner (name withheld) |
| 1209261 | Lattice tower | 165 ft | 2000 | Vinton | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1298875 | Monopole | 157 ft | 2017 | Roanoke | Cellco Partnership |
| 1297643 | Monopole | 154 ft | 2016 | Roanoke | TowerNorth Development, LLC |
| 1260450 | Tower | 120 ft | 2007 | Salem | Virginia, Commonwealth of Department of State Police |
| 1248516 | Tower | 90 ft | 2005 | Salem | County of Roanoke, Virginia |
| 1024379 | Tower | 60 ft | 2011 | Roanoke | Gray Local Media, Inc. |
| 1256975 | Tower | 30 ft | 2007 | Roanoke | Cellco Partnership |
| 1265929 | Tower | 30 ft | 2009 | Roanoke | Cellco Partnership |
If you have a tower lease in Roanoke 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: Culpeper County (25), New Kent County (25), Richmond city (25), Carroll County (24), Lynchburg city (23).
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.