Cell towers in Thurston County, WA

The FCC registry lists 53 constructed antenna structures in Thurston County, 2% of Washington's 2,530. Ownership is spread across 28 registrants; the largest, Verizon, has 8 (15%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 16 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 53
2Tallest 403 ft
3Largest owner Verizon
4Median height (state 128 ft) 150 ft

Structures

rank 14 of 38 in WA

Most common type

Tower

26% of structures

Over 200 feet

13% of structures

Peak build decade

2000s

38% built then

Who owns the towers in Thurston County

28 different registrants own the 53 structures. 3 are registered to individuals or family trusts, whose names 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 Thurston County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 150 feet, 22 feet taller than the Washington median — a sign of broadcast and rural coverage towers rather than short suburban sites. The tallest is a guyed tower near Littlerock at 403 feet, built in 2014. More than in any other decade, 38% were built in the 2000s.

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

Structures in Thurston 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
1282343	Guyed tower	403 ft	2014	Littlerock	Bustos Media Holdings, LLC
1215978	Lattice tower	306 ft	2000	Rainer	American Towers LLC
1231674	Tower	305 ft	2002	Littlerock	Weyerhaeuser NR Company
1033079	Lattice tower	250 ft	2015	Olympia	PUGET SOUND ENERGY INC
1011817	Tower	214 ft	1997	Tenino	CCATT LLC
1056464	Lattice tower	214 ft	1984	Tenino	THURSTON 9-1-1 COMMUNICATIONS
1031677	Lattice tower	204 ft	1995	Mccleary	Cellco Partnership
1060819	Tower	199 ft	1998	Olympia	THURSTON 9-1-1 COMMUNICATIONS
1202500	Monopole	193 ft	2006	Tumwater	CCATT LLC
1216668	Monopole	193 ft	2000	Olympia	SBA Structures, LLC
1229211	Tower	190 ft	2005	Olympia	STC Five LLC
1032064	Monopole	186 ft	2002	Olympia	Cellco Partnership
1060108	Lattice tower	176 ft	2025	Olympia	American Towers LLC
1312873	Water tank	172 ft	2022	Tumwater	T-Mobile West LLC
1302362	Water tank	166 ft	2017	Olympia	T-Mobile West LLC
1233329	Mast	164 ft	2002	Yelm	Cellco Partnership
1300230	Lattice tower	160 ft	2017	Tumwater	Private owner (name withheld)
1324933	Pole	160 ft	2023	Olympia	Cellco Partnership
1236855	Mast	158 ft	2002	Maytown	Cellco Partnership
1221473	Tower	157 ft	2002	Tumwater	GoldenState Towers, LLC
1249005	Pole	157 ft	2005	Tumwater	T-Mobile West LLC
1060260	Pole	153 ft	1999	Rainier	CCATT LLC
1301610	Lattice tower	153 ft	2016	Tumwater	Qwest Corporation
1050704	Tower	150 ft	1998	Tumwater	Private owner (name withheld)
1064621	Monopole	150 ft	1999	Tenino	American Towers LLC
1267645	Monopole	150 ft	2009	Yelm	SBA Monarch Towers III, LLC
1287911	Monopole	150 ft	2013	Tumwater	Cellco Partnership
1280440	Lattice tower	145 ft	1997	Olympia	American Towers LLC
1297271	Water tank	143 ft	2015	Tumwater	T-Mobile West LLC
1215981	Lattice tower	142 ft	2000	Tenino	American Towers LLC
1280437	Lattice tower	140 ft	1991	Olympia	American Towers LLC
1274127	Tower	138 ft	2011	Olympia	Washington, State of
1023551	Tower	135 ft	1997	Tumwater	Crown Communications LLC
1236853	Mast	132 ft	2002	Olympia	Cellco Partnership
1280436	Lattice tower	129 ft	2023	Olympia	American Towers LLC
1309218	Monopole	125 ft	2020	Olympia	PI Tower Development, LLC c/o LendLease Americas, Inc.
1324181	Monopole	125 ft	2025	Olympia	Public Safety Towers, LLC
1280443	Lattice tower	124 ft	1973	Olympia	American Towers LLC
1301485	Water tank	123 ft	2017	Olympa	T-Mobile West LLC
1291166	Monopole	122 ft	2014	Lacey	Cellco Partnership
1236209	Monopole	120 ft	2003	Olympia	T-Mobile West Tower LLC
1264484	Water tank	115 ft	2009	Olympia	Private owner (name withheld)
1222655	Tower	101 ft	2000	Mccleary	Pinnacle Towers LLC
1215029	Tower	100 ft	2002	Tumwater	WASHINGTON, STATE OF; Department of Transportation
1038053	Monopole	99 ft	2022	Lacey	Crown Communications LLC
1209014	Tower	85 ft	2000	Lacey	T-Mobile West LLC
1063953	Tower	69 ft	1999	Tumwater	TUMWATER SCHOOL DISTRICT 33
1233789	Mast	62 ft	2002	Mc Cleary	Sinclair Seattle Licensee, LLC
1283334	Pole	62 ft	2012	Olympia	THURSTON, COUNTY OF
1246626	Lattice tower	60 ft	2017	Tumwater	Washington Dept of Natural Resources
1270640	Tower	30 ft	2009	Olympia	US Army Corps of Engineers
1036273	Tower	27 ft	1997	Rochester	TCI CABLEVISION OF TWIN CITIES, INC.
1272752	On a building	25 ft	2010	Lacey	Day Wireless Systems

If you have a tower lease in Thurston 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 Washington with similar tower counts: Kitsap County (59), Whitman County (54), Grays Harbor County (53), Cowlitz County (49), Franklin County (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.