Montana cell towers at a glance
The FCC records list 1,023 cell towers and other antenna sites in Montana: every registered antenna structure that is built and still standing, plus the licensed cellular transmitter sites too short to need registration. That ranks Montana 37th of the 51 states and DC by number of registered sites. The most common structure is the tower, with 381 sites (37%). Billings has the most listed sites of any city, at 68.
To see the ones near you, tap Find towers near me above or type a Montana ZIP code. The list ranks sites by distance and shows the direction to each, its height and its owner.
Carriers on the record in Montana
AT&T is named on the most Montana sites, 61 of them (6.0%). 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 Montana are owned by tower companies that rent space to several carriers without naming them.
| Carrier | Sites naming it | Share of Montana sites |
|---|---|---|
| Verizon | 25 | 2.4% |
| AT&T | 61 | 6.0% |
| T-Mobile | 6 | 0.6% |
Who owns the towers in Montana
The largest single owner name in Montana is Gold Creek Cellular of Montana Limited Partnership, with 127 sites (12%). 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gold Creek Cellular of Montana Limited Partnership | 127 | 12% |
| American Towers LLC | 83 | 8.1% |
| CCATT LLC | 82 | 8.0% |
| Skyway Towers, LLC | 49 | 4.8% |
| NorthWestern Corporation | 45 | 4.4% |
| BNSF Railway Co. | 39 | 3.8% |
| Sagebrush Cellular, Inc. | 30 | 2.9% |
| BNSF Railway Co | 16 | 1.6% |
Types of structure
| Structure | Sites | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tower | 381 | 37% |
| Lattice tower | 240 | 23% |
| Guyed tower | 142 | 14% |
| Monopole | 106 | 10% |
| Pole | 93 | 9.1% |
| Other structure | 16 | 1.6% |
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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Billings | 68 | Towers around Billings |
| Helena | 45 | Towers around Helena |
| Missoula | 41 | Towers around Missoula |
| Kalispell | 32 | Towers around Kalispell |
| Great Falls | 30 | Towers around Great Falls |
| Butte | 29 | Towers around Butte |
| Glendive | 19 | Towers around Glendive |
| Sidney | 19 | Towers around Sidney |
| Bozeman | 15 | Towers around Bozeman |
| Red Lodge | 14 | Towers around Red Lodge |
Tallest registered structures in Montana
The tallest is a tower near Great Falls at 804 feet (245 m) overall, owned by STARadio Corp.. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 804 ft | Tower | Great Falls | STARadio Corp. | 1051225 |
| 761 ft | Guyed tower | Harlem | Octagon Towers, LLC | 1058615 |
| 702 ft | Tower | Rosebud | P&A Media LLC | 1002856 |
| 699 ft | Tower | Fort Belknap | FORT BELKNAP COLLEGE DBA = KGVA 88.1 FM | 1009379 |
| 636 ft | Guyed tower | Billings | American Towers LLC | 1026263 |
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 Montana 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.