Cell towers in Athens, Alabama
The FCC register lists 37 antenna structures in and around Athens. That is the 12th highest count of any place in Alabama.
Overview
The FCC register lists 37 antenna structures in and around Athens, AL. That is the 12th highest count of any place in Alabama.
The 37 structures here sit at 0.88 per square mile of land.
Half the registered structures here are taller than 79 m (260 ft) and half are shorter.
The mix here is 11 lattice towers, 4 monopoles, 2 guyed masts — the rest of the register is made up of rooftops, water tanks and structures the FCC records without a specific type.
Registrations here span 1963 to 2026.
Structure types
| Tower | 18 | 49% |
| Lattice tower | 11 | 30% |
| Monopole | 4 | 11% |
| Guyed tower | 2 | 5% |
| Pole | 1 | 3% |
| Mast | 1 | 3% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| American Towers LLC Tower company | 7 | 19% |
| Sba Monarch Towers III, LLC Tower company | 3 | 8% |
| Crown Castle Towers 06-2 LLC Tower company | 3 | 8% |
| Sba Structures, LLC Tower company | 3 | 8% |
| Crown Castle Gt Company, LLC Tower company | 2 | 5% |
Tallest registered structures
top 25 of 37| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 122 m (401 ft) | Tower | 1999 | Pinnacle Towers LLC | 2614378 |
| 112 m (367 ft) | Tower | 1996 | Crown Castle Gt Company, LLC | 106916 |
| 107 m (350 ft) | Tower | 1999 | Sba Structures, LLC | 2599764 |
| 98 m (320 ft) | Tower | 1999 | Pinnacle Towers LLC | 622015 |
| 98 m (320 ft) | Lattice tower | 2001 | Sba Towers X, LLC | 2626956 |
| 98 m (320 ft) | Tower | 2001 | Sba Structures, LLC | 2627503 |
| 96 m (315 ft) | Lattice tower | 2019 | Diamond Towers V LLC | 2705767 |
| 96 m (315 ft) | Lattice tower | 2022 | Harmoni Towers LLC | 2721308 |
| 94 m (309 ft) | Tower | 2000 | American Towers LLC | 2617191 |
| 90 m (295 ft) | Tower | 1992 | Crown Castle South LLC | 601231 |
| 84 m (275 ft) | Guyed tower | 2001 | American Towers LLC | 2626129 |
| 82 m (270 ft) | Tower | 2001 | Sba Structures, LLC | 2622226 |
| 81 m (266 ft) | Lattice tower | 2006 | T-mobile USA Tower LLC | 2653513 |
| 81 m (265 ft) | Tower | 1996 | Crown Castle Towers 06-2 LLC | 603104 |
| 81 m (265 ft) | Tower | 1996 | Crown Castle Towers 06-2 LLC | 603105 |
| 81 m (265 ft) | Tower | 1996 | Crown Castle Towers 06-2 LLC | 603113 |
| 80 m (263 ft) | Lattice tower | 1999 | Global Signal Acquisitions LLC | 2603027 |
| 79 m (260 ft) | Lattice tower | 1999 | American Towers LLC | 2601226 |
| 79 m (260 ft) | Lattice tower | 2001 | American Towers LLC | 2618820 |
| 79 m (260 ft) | Lattice tower | 2006 | Sba Monarch Towers III, LLC | 2653509 |
| 79 m (260 ft) | Tower | 2006 | Sba Monarch Towers III, LLC | 2653511 |
| 79 m (260 ft) | Tower | 2006 | Sba Monarch Towers III, LLC | 2653515 |
| 79 m (259 ft) | Tower | 2001 | American Towers LLC | 2620187 |
| 79 m (259 ft) | Lattice tower | 2001 | American Towers LLC | 2621160 |
| 78 m (256 ft) | Lattice tower | 2017 | Towerco 2013 LLC | 2700958 |
When they were registered
| 1960s | 1 | 3% |
| 1990s | 13 | 35% |
| 2000s | 15 | 41% |
| 2010s | 6 | 16% |
| 2020s | 2 | 5% |
Nearby places
- Elkmont 7
- Mooresville 8
- Madison 28
- Harvest 11
- Decatur 22
About this data
Source is the FCC Antenna Structure Registration file of 2026-08-23. What it records is structures, not the radios mounted on them: the register cannot tell you which carrier operates from a given site.
The FCC Antenna Structure Registration database covers structures that require registration — generally those over 200 feet or near airports. Many small cells, rooftop antennas and short towers are not registered and will not appear here.
"Owner" is the entity that registered the structure, usually a tower company such as American Tower or Crown Castle. It does not indicate which carriers operate equipment on the structure.