Cell towers in San Luis Obispo, California
The FCC register lists 35 antenna structures in and around San Luis Obispo. That is the 31st highest count of any place in California.
Overview
35 antenna structures are registered with the FCC in San Luis Obispo, CA.
Area density is 2.57 per square mile — usually the more telling figure for infrastructure that follows terrain, roads and line of sight rather than population.
Median height here is 25 m (82 ft), compared with 24 m (77 ft) across California as a whole.
Pacific Gas & Electric Company holds more registrations here than any other entity, at 6 of 35.
The earliest structure still on the register here dates from 1960.
Structure types
| Tower | 14 | 40% |
| Pole | 11 | 31% |
| Lattice tower | 4 | 11% |
| Monopole | 2 | 6% |
| Utility pole | 1 | 3% |
| Tank | 1 | 3% |
| Guyed tower | 1 | 3% |
| Building with antenna | 1 | 3% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| Pacific Gas & Electric Company Utility | 6 | 17% |
| Airtouch Cellular Other | 4 | 11% |
| Ccatt LLC Tower company | 3 | 9% |
| San Luis Obispo, City Of Government | 2 | 6% |
| California, State Of Government | 2 | 6% |
Tallest registered structures
top 25 of 35| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 141 m (463 ft) | Guyed tower | 2020 | Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC | 120768 |
| 79 m (258 ft) | Lattice tower | 2002 | Agm California, INC. | 2620321 |
| 69 m (226 ft) | Tower | 2000 | Crown Castle | 2608044 |
| 61 m (199 ft) | Tower | 1998 | Pacific Gas & Electric Company | 104766 |
| 47 m (153 ft) | Tower | 1968 | San Luis Obispo Broadcasting | 122341 |
| 45 m (146 ft) | Tower | 2010 | Pacific Gas & Electric Company | 2666415 |
| 43 m (142 ft) | Tower | 2003 | Dimes Media Corporation | 623447 |
| 37 m (123 ft) | Lattice tower | 2018 | San Luis Obispo, City Of | 2717527 |
| 35 m (114 ft) | Tower | 2010 | Pacific Gas & Electric Company | 2669062 |
| 34 m (110 ft) | Tower | 2009 | Pacific Gas & Electric Company | 2654698 |
| 33 m (107 ft) | Lattice tower | 1995 | Sba Structures, LLC | 98491 |
| 32 m (105 ft) | Utility pole | 2008 | Pacific Gas & Electric Company | 2641490 |
| 31 m (100 ft) | Tower | 1998 | California, State Of | 614813 |
| 26 m (85 ft) | Lattice tower | 2015 | Airtouch Cellular | 2688801 |
| 26 m (85 ft) | Tower | 1993 | California, State Of | 117470 |
| 26 m (84 ft) | Tower | 2010 | Pacific Gas & Electric Company | 2670432 |
| 26 m (84 ft) | Pole | 2005 | San Luis Obispo, County Of | 2723041 |
| 25 m (82 ft) | Building with antenna | 2019 | T-mobile West LLC | 2709111 |
| 20 m (65 ft) | Tower | 2012 | Union Pacific Railroad Company | 1097512 |
| 20 m (65 ft) | Monopole | 1999 | Sba 2012 Tc Assets, LLC | 2611236 |
| 20 m (65 ft) | Tower | 2006 | Ccatt LLC | 2653004 |
| 20 m (64 ft) | Pole | 2005 | Sba 2012 Tc Assets, LLC | 2646848 |
| 19 m (61 ft) | Monopole | 2014 | Airtouch Cellular | 2691656 |
| 18 m (60 ft) | Pole | 2000 | Ccatt LLC | 2609740 |
| 18 m (60 ft) | Pole | 1991 | Mci Communications Services LLC | 2613263 |
When they were registered
| 1960s | 2 | 6% |
| 1990s | 8 | 23% |
| 2000s | 11 | 31% |
| 2010s | 13 | 37% |
| 2020s | 1 | 3% |
Nearby places
About this data
Counts here are computed from the FCC's registered structure file, dated 2026-08-23. If a mast near you is missing, the usual reason is that it sits below the 200-foot registration threshold.
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.