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States / Montana

MT · #37 of 51 by structures

Cell towers in Montana

Montana has 1,057 constructed antenna structures in the FCC registry — 1% of the national total and number 37 of 51. The most common kind is the tower (36%), the median overall height is 150 feet, and 28% stand taller than 200 feet. The largest owner is Gold Creek Cellular of Montana Limited Partnership, with 126 structures (12%).

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  1. 1Constructed structures 1,057
  2. 2Median height 150 ft
  3. 3Largest owner Gold Creek Cellular of Montana Limited Partnership
  4. 4Counties with a county page 40
Yellowstone County87Lewis and Clark County60Missoula County60Flathead County59Gallatin County49Cascade County43Roosevelt County36Valley County32Big Horn County28Sanders County28
Constructed FCC-registered structures in Montana's ten counties with the most, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Who owns Montana's towers

The FCC registry names the owner of each structure. In Montana the eight largest owner groups hold 534 of the 1,057 structures. Where a tower stands on leased land, that owner — or whoever bought the tower from it — is usually the landowner's tenant and the party a lease buyout offer is ultimately about.

Gold Creek Cellular of Monta126American Tower97Crown Castle88BNSF Railway62Skyway Towers49NorthWestern Corporation45Private owners37SBA Communications30
Constructed structures in Montana by owner group, bars to scale. Families group registrant names carrying the brand; private owners' names are withheld. Source: FCC ASR.

Types and age

More of Montana's registered structures went up in the 2010s than in any other decade (32%). A tower's age matters to a landowner because a ground lease runs for a set term plus renewals: the older the tower, the more of that term has been used, and the fewer years of rent are left to value when an offer arrives.

Tower380Lattice tower241Guyed tower142Monopole106Pole93Other or unspecified55On a building24Mast13Water tank3
Constructed structures in Montana by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR structure types.
281950s271960s361970s641980s1621990s2572000s3432010s1302020s
Structures in Montana by decade built (1950s on), columns to scale. Source: FCC ASR construction dates.

Every county

Beaverhead County 15Big Horn County 28Blaine County 21Broadwater County 7Carbon County 27Carter County 9Cascade County 43Chouteau County 11Custer County 17Daniels County 8Dawson County 23Deer Lodge County 10Fallon County 14Fergus County 15Flathead County 59Gallatin County 49Garfield County 8Glacier County 6Golden Valley County 4Granite County 8Hill County 17Jefferson County 20Judith Basin County 9Lake County 24Lewis and Clark County 60Liberty County 11Lincoln County 8Madison County 10McCone County 12Meagher County 7Mineral County 10Missoula County 60Musselshell County 11Park County 14Petroleum County 2Phillips County 21Pondera County 14Powder River County 5Powell County 12Prairie County 5Ravalli County 16Richland County 23Roosevelt County 36Rosebud County 22Sanders County 28Sheridan County 13Silver Bow County 24Stillwater County 10Sweet Grass County 10Teton County 13Toole County 14Treasure County 6Valley County 32Wheatland County 6Wibaux County 3Yellowstone County 87

Counties with fewer than 10 structures have no page of their own; their towers are in the lookup.

Source: FCC Antenna Structure Registration, weekly public access file (r_tower.zip, created 2026-10-18); county names from the U.S. Census Bureau 2024 gazetteer. Checked 2026-10-23. Methodology.