Cell towers in Highland, Illinois
The FCC register lists 10 antenna structures in and around Highland. That is the 101st highest count of any place in Illinois.
Overview
Highland, IL has 10 registered antenna structures on the FCC register — the 101st largest count among the 1,119 places in Illinois that have any.
Counted against 10,042 residents, that is 99.6 per 100,000 — worth reading alongside area density, since structures cluster along roads and ridgelines rather than where people sleep.
At a median of 95 m (310 ft), structures here run 50.6% taller than the Illinois median of 63 m (206 ft).
By structure type the register shows 1 monopole and 1 lattice tower.
The oldest structure on file here was registered in 1953, the newest in 2014 — 61 years of build-out visible in one register.
Structure types
| Tower array | 4 | 40% |
| Tower | 3 | 30% |
| Monopole | 1 | 10% |
| Mast | 1 | 10% |
| Lattice tower | 1 | 10% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| Birach Broadcasting Corporation Broadcaster | 4 | 40% |
| American Towers LLC Tower company | 3 | 30% |
| City of Highland Government | 1 | 10% |
| Sba Towers V, LLC Tower company | 1 | 10% |
| Spectrasite Communications, LLC. Through American Towers, LLC. Tower company | 1 | 10% |
Tallest registered structures
| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 130 m (425 ft) | Tower array | 1993 | Birach Broadcasting Corporation | 114128 |
| 130 m (425 ft) | Tower array | 1993 | Birach Broadcasting Corporation | 114129 |
| 130 m (425 ft) | Tower array | 1993 | Birach Broadcasting Corporation | 114130 |
| 130 m (425 ft) | Tower array | 1993 | Birach Broadcasting Corporation | 114131 |
| 98 m (321 ft) | Tower | 1953 | American Towers LLC | 600774 |
| 91 m (300 ft) | Mast | 2014 | City of Highland | 2688579 |
| 63 m (205 ft) | Tower | 2001 | Spectrasite Communications, LLC. Through American Towers, LLC. | 2625000 |
| 61 m (200 ft) | Tower | 2003 | American Towers LLC | 2616538 |
| 61 m (200 ft) | Lattice tower | 2000 | American Towers LLC | 2616539 |
| 61 m (199 ft) | Monopole | 2014 | Sba Towers V, LLC | 2692950 |
When they were registered
| 1950s | 1 | 10% |
| 1990s | 4 | 40% |
| 2000s | 3 | 30% |
| 2010s | 2 | 20% |
Nearby places
- Pierron 5
- Troy 5
- Breese 5
- Edwardsville 18
- Staunton 5
About this data
The underlying records are the FCC's own registrations as of 2026-08-23. Every structure counted here carries a registration number you can check against the FCC directly.
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.