Cell towers in Waukegan, Illinois
The FCC register lists 12 antenna structures in and around Waukegan. That is the 75th highest count of any place in Illinois.
Overview
12 antenna structures are registered with the FCC in Waukegan, IL.
Density works out to 0.49 registered structures per square mile of land area.
At a median of 47 m (155 ft), structures here run 24.8% shorter than the Illinois median of 63 m (206 ft).
The mix here is 3 lattice towers, 2 monopoles — the rest of the register is made up of rooftops, water tanks and structures the FCC records without a specific type.
The oldest structure on file here was registered in 1949, the newest in 2020 — 71 years of build-out visible in one register.
Structure types
| Pole | 3 | 25% |
| Lattice tower | 3 | 25% |
| Tower array | 2 | 17% |
| Tower | 2 | 17% |
| Monopole | 2 | 17% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| Vertical Bridge S3 Assets, LLC Tower company | 2 | 17% |
| T-mobile USA Tower LLC Carrier | 2 | 17% |
| North Shore Gas Company, an Illinois Company Utility | 1 | 8% |
| Sba Towers Viii, LLC Tower company | 1 | 8% |
| New Cingular Wireless, INC. Carrier | 1 | 8% |
Tallest registered structures
| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98 m (323 ft) | Tower array | 1949 | Vertical Bridge S3 Assets, LLC | 98592 |
| 70 m (228 ft) | Tower array | 1997 | Vertical Bridge S3 Assets, LLC | 113089 |
| 61 m (200 ft) | Lattice tower | 1994 | American Towers LLC | 106454 |
| 61 m (199 ft) | Lattice tower | 2020 | North Shore Gas Company, an Illinois Company | 2713318 |
| 52 m (170 ft) | Pole | 2000 | T-mobile USA Tower LLC | 2612780 |
| 48 m (156 ft) | Monopole | 2011 | Sba Towers Viii, LLC | 2679523 |
| 47 m (154 ft) | Pole | 1993 | Crown Castle Gt Company, LLC | 113112 |
| 39 m (128 ft) | Tower | 2010 | At&t Mobility Spectrum LLC | 2674015 |
| 35 m (115 ft) | Tower | 2005 | T-mobile Central LLC | 2642800 |
| 32 m (105 ft) | Lattice tower | 2018 | Pi Tower Development LLC | 2705321 |
| 28 m (91 ft) | Monopole | 1996 | New Cingular Wireless, INC. | 620538 |
| 24 m (80 ft) | Pole | 2003 | T-mobile USA Tower LLC | 2618252 |
When they were registered
| 1940s | 1 | 8% |
| 1990s | 4 | 33% |
| 2000s | 3 | 25% |
| 2010s | 3 | 25% |
| 2020s | 1 | 8% |
Nearby places
- Gurnee 10
- North Chicago 5
- Wadsworth 7
- Zion 12
- Libertyville 8
About this data
Figures are drawn from the FCC's public antenna structure register (2026-08-23). It covers structures that need registering — broadly those over 200 feet or close to an airport — and not the many shorter installations that carry mobile traffic.
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.