Maine cell towers at a glance
The FCC records list 761 cell towers and other antenna sites in Maine: every registered antenna structure that is built and still standing, plus the licensed cellular transmitter sites too short to need registration. That ranks Maine 43rd of the 51 states and DC by number of registered sites. The most common structure is the lattice tower, with 320 sites (42%). Augusta has the most listed sites of any city, at 23.
To see the ones near you, tap Find towers near me above or type a Maine ZIP code. The list ranks sites by distance and shows the direction to each, its height and its owner.
Carriers on the record in Maine
Verizon is named on the most Maine sites, 73 of them (9.6%). A carrier is named only when it owns the structure or its cellular licence lists the site, so these counts are a floor, not a total. Most towers in Maine are owned by tower companies that rent space to several carriers without naming them.
| Carrier | Sites naming it | Share of Maine sites |
|---|---|---|
| Verizon | 73 | 9.6% |
| AT&T | 19 | 2.5% |
| T-Mobile | 3 | 0.4% |
Who owns the towers in Maine
The largest single owner name in Maine is ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC., with 178 sites (23%). Tower companies file under several subsidiary names, so one company can appear more than once below. Our guide to who owns cell towers explains which names belong together.
| Owner as filed | Sites | Share |
|---|---|---|
| ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. | 178 | 23% |
| American Towers LLC | 136 | 18% |
| RURAL CELLULAR CORPORATION | 23 | 3.0% |
| SBA Towers XI, LLC | 17 | 2.2% |
| SBA Towers X, LLC | 13 | 1.7% |
| Global Tower, LLC. through American Towers, LLC | 13 | 1.7% |
| Maine Public Broadcasting Corp | 11 | 1.4% |
| CCATT LLC | 11 | 1.4% |
Types of structure
| Structure | Sites | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Lattice tower | 320 | 42% |
| Tower | 174 | 23% |
| Guyed tower | 118 | 16% |
| Monopole | 87 | 11% |
| Pole | 23 | 3.0% |
| Other structure | 10 | 1.3% |
See types of cell towers for how to recognise each one.
Cities with the most listed sites
By the city named on each FCC filing. Filings use the nearest town, so rural towers count toward it. Each link opens the tower finder at the middle of that city's sites.
| City | Sites | |
|---|---|---|
| Augusta | 23 | Towers around Augusta |
| Portland | 21 | Towers around Portland |
| Bangor | 15 | Towers around Bangor |
| Presque Isle | 15 | Towers around Presque Isle |
| Auburn | 13 | Towers around Auburn |
| South Portland | 13 | Towers around South Portland |
| Lincoln | 12 | Towers around Lincoln |
| Brunswick | 11 | Towers around Brunswick |
| Wells | 9 | Towers around Wells |
| Waterville | 9 | Towers around Waterville |
Tallest registered structures in Maine
The tallest is a tower near Baldwin at 1,667 feet (508 m) overall, owned by Hearst Properties Inc.. Structures this tall are usually broadcast masts or buildings rather than cell sites, but many carry cell antennas partway up.
| Height | Type | City | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,667 ft | Tower | Baldwin | Hearst Properties Inc. | 1045602 |
| 1,624 ft | Tower | Raymond | WGME Licensee, LLC | 1024383 |
| 1,306 ft | Tower | East Sebago | Pacific and Southern, LLC | 1055705 |
| 732 ft | Tower | Gray | SpectraSite Communications, LLC. through American Towers, LLC. | 1022679 |
| 722 ft | Other structure | Litchfield Township | Sinclair Television Group, Inc. | 1205322 |
What is not counted
FCC registration is required only for structures over 200 feet or near airports, so shorter monopoles, rooftop antennas and small cells in Maine are mostly missing unless a cellular licence lists them. Why a tower is missing from the map explains the gap. The data is rebuilt monthly from the FCC's bulk files.