Cell towers in Zion, Illinois
The FCC register lists 12 antenna structures in and around Zion. That is the 75th highest count of any place in Illinois.
Overview
Zion, IL has 12 registered antenna structures on the FCC register — the 75th largest count among the 1,119 places in Illinois that have any.
Counted against 24,447 residents, that is 49.1 per 100,000 — worth reading alongside area density, since structures cluster along roads and ridgelines rather than where people sleep.
Median height here is 52 m (169 ft), compared with 63 m (206 ft) across Illinois as a whole.
By structure type the register shows 3 monopoles and 1 lattice tower.
The earliest structure still on the register here dates from 1989.
Structure types
| Tower | 7 | 58% |
| Monopole | 3 | 25% |
| Pole | 1 | 8% |
| Lattice tower | 1 | 8% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| T-mobile USA Tower LLC Carrier | 2 | 17% |
| American Towers LLC Tower company | 2 | 17% |
| Horvath Special Towers Tower company | 1 | 8% |
| Commonwealth Edison Company Other | 1 | 8% |
| Pi Tower Development LLC Tower company | 1 | 8% |
Tallest registered structures
| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 97 m (318 ft) | Tower | 2011 | Global Tower, LLC. Through American Towers, LLC | 2677635 |
| 80 m (262 ft) | Tower | 2012 | Commonwealth Edison Company | 611296 |
| 61 m (199 ft) | Pole | 2000 | T-mobile USA Tower LLC | 2615029 |
| 61 m (199 ft) | Tower | 2004 | T-mobile USA Tower LLC | 2642020 |
| 60 m (198 ft) | Lattice tower | 2001 | American Towers LLC | 623699 |
| 52 m (171 ft) | Monopole | 1998 | Vertical Bridge Ntcf, LLC | 619644 |
| 51 m (167 ft) | Tower | 1989 | Crown Castle Gt Company, LLC | 113106 |
| 49 m (162 ft) | Tower | 2000 | Spectrasite Communications, LLC. Through American Towers, LLC. | 2679264 |
| 47 m (155 ft) | Tower | 1989 | American Towers LLC | 113709 |
| 42 m (138 ft) | Tower | 1998 | Stc Two LLC | 2614283 |
| 38 m (125 ft) | Monopole | 2015 | Horvath Special Towers | 2695402 |
| 32 m (105 ft) | Monopole | 2022 | Pi Tower Development LLC | 2699765 |
When they were registered
| 1980s | 2 | 17% |
| 1990s | 2 | 17% |
| 2000s | 4 | 33% |
| 2010s | 3 | 25% |
| 2020s | 1 | 8% |
Nearby places
- Wadsworth 7
- Waukegan 12
- Gurnee 10
- North Chicago 5
- Antioch 16
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.