Cell towers in Needles, California
The FCC register lists 18 antenna structures in and around Needles. That is the 86th highest count of any place in California.
Overview
Needles, CA has 18 registered structures, the tallest standing 89 m (292 ft) above ground.
Area density is 0.59 per square mile — usually the more telling figure for infrastructure that follows terrain, roads and line of sight rather than population.
The tallest structure on the register here is 89 m (292 ft) above ground level.
The largest registered owner here is Bnsf Railway CO., which holds 8 of them — 44.4% of the local total. Owner is not the same as carrier: tower companies lease space on their structures to several networks at once.
Registrations here span 1991 to 2024.
Structure types
| Tower | 8 | 44% |
| Monopole | 6 | 33% |
| Pole | 2 | 11% |
| Lattice tower | 2 | 11% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| Bnsf Railway CO. Railroad | 8 | 44% |
| American Towers LLC Tower company | 2 | 11% |
| Southern California Gas Company Utility | 1 | 6% |
| US Coast Guard Navigation Center Other | 1 | 6% |
| Interconnect Towers Tower company | 1 | 6% |
Tallest registered structures
| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 89 m (292 ft) | Tower | 2007 | US Coast Guard Navigation Center | 2659913 |
| 73 m (240 ft) | Tower | 2011 | Bnsf Railway CO. | 2663753 |
| 61 m (199 ft) | Tower | 2001 | American Towers LLC | 2622406 |
| 60 m (196 ft) | Tower | 1998 | Global Tower, LLC. Through American Towers, LLC | 611052 |
| 60 m (196 ft) | Tower | 2001 | American Towers LLC | 2602009 |
| 57 m (187 ft) | Lattice tower | 2009 | Bnsf Railway CO. | 2665062 |
| 43 m (140 ft) | Lattice tower | 2017 | Interconnect Towers | 2693729 |
| 37 m (120 ft) | Monopole | 2021 | At&t Mobility Spectrum LLC | 2712549 |
| 35 m (114 ft) | Pole | 1998 | Los Angeles Smsa Limited Partnership | 126685 |
| 32 m (106 ft) | Monopole | 1991 | Ccatt LLC | 2622523 |
| 24 m (78 ft) | Tower | 1999 | California, State Of | 2600467 |
| 15 m (50 ft) | Tower | 2011 | Bnsf Railway CO. | 2676212 |
| 15 m (50 ft) | Tower | 2011 | Bnsf Railway CO. | 2676213 |
| 15 m (50 ft) | Monopole | 2011 | Bnsf Railway CO. | 2676221 |
| 15 m (50 ft) | Monopole | 2024 | Bnsf Railway CO. | 2722425 |
| 15 m (50 ft) | Monopole | 2023 | Bnsf Railway CO. | 2722843 |
| 14 m (46 ft) | Monopole | 2012 | Bnsf Railway CO. | 2685505 |
| 12 m (40 ft) | Pole | 1996 | Southern California Gas Company | 623041 |
When they were registered
| 1990s | 5 | 28% |
| 2000s | 4 | 22% |
| 2010s | 6 | 33% |
| 2020s | 3 | 17% |
Nearby places
- Blythe 14
- Desert Center 6
- Baker 6
- Twentynine Palms 10
- Homestead Valley 5
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.