Cell towers in Brainerd, Minnesota
The FCC register lists 28 antenna structures in and around Brainerd. That is the 5th highest count of any place in Minnesota.
Overview
Brainerd, MN has 28 registered structures, the tallest standing 152 m (499 ft) above ground.
That works out to 194.1 structures per 100,000 residents, against a population of 14,428.
Heights are uneven: the median is 70 m (229 ft) but the tallest is 152 m (499 ft), roughly 2.2 times that — usually the signature of a broadcast mast among shorter mobile sites.
Lattice towers (6) and guyed masts (7) between them make up much of the register here — both are older, taller designs than the monopoles that dominate newer urban sites.
Registrations here span 1946 to 2022.
Structure types
| Guyed tower | 7 | 25% |
| Lattice tower | 6 | 21% |
| Tower | 5 | 18% |
| Not specified | 4 | 14% |
| Tower array | 2 | 7% |
| Pole | 1 | 4% |
| Monopole | 1 | 4% |
| Guyed tower array | 1 | 4% |
| Building | 1 | 4% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| American Towers LLC Tower company | 6 | 21% |
| Hbi Radio Brainerd/wadena, LLC Broadcaster | 5 | 18% |
| Sba Towers II LLC Tower company | 3 | 11% |
| Rural Cellular Corporation Utility | 2 | 7% |
| Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Company Utility | 1 | 4% |
Tallest registered structures
top 25 of 28| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 152 m (499 ft) | Tower | 1981 | Ksax-tv, INC. | 125477 |
| 152 m (499 ft) | Not specified | 1978 | Hbi Radio Brainerd/wadena, LLC | 597290 |
| 121 m (398 ft) | Not specified | 2001 | Hbi Radio Brainerd/wadena, LLC | 2625992 |
| 117 m (385 ft) | Not specified | 1946 | Hbi Radio Brainerd/wadena, LLC | 619396 |
| 115 m (378 ft) | Guyed tower | 2015 | Vertical Bridge Towers III, LLC | 125612 |
| 107 m (350 ft) | Tower | 1968 | Kevtel Corporation | 124275 |
| 102 m (333 ft) | Guyed tower | 2022 | Tillman Infrastructure, LLC | 2718294 |
| 98 m (320 ft) | Guyed tower | 2010 | American Towers LLC | 2672603 |
| 98 m (320 ft) | Tower | 1995 | Crow Wing Cooperative Power & Light Company | 124585 |
| 93 m (306 ft) | Guyed tower | 1958 | American Towers LLC | 101592 |
| 93 m (305 ft) | Guyed tower | 1999 | Sba Towers II LLC | 617396 |
| 93 m (304 ft) | Guyed tower | 1997 | American Towers LLC | 102101 |
| 79 m (259 ft) | Lattice tower | 2015 | Rural Cellular Corporation | 2694259 |
| 79 m (258 ft) | Lattice tower | 1998 | T-mobile USA Tower LLC | 2624460 |
| 61 m (200 ft) | Lattice tower | 2001 | American Towers LLC | 2699413 |
| 61 m (199 ft) | Lattice tower | 2001 | American Towers LLC | 617347 |
| 61 m (199 ft) | Lattice tower | 2002 | Sba Structures, LLC | 2632388 |
| 61 m (199 ft) | Tower | 2007 | Sba Towers II LLC | 2657020 |
| 57 m (188 ft) | Guyed tower | 1999 | Sba Towers II LLC | 2602866 |
| 56 m (185 ft) | Guyed tower array | 1946 | Hbi Radio Brainerd/wadena, LLC | 619394 |
| 56 m (185 ft) | Not specified | 1946 | Hbi Radio Brainerd/wadena, LLC | 619395 |
| 55 m (180 ft) | Tower array | 1970 | Kommerstad Communications, INC. Dba = Kliz-am(3/3), Brainard, Kommerstad | 615521 |
| 53 m (174 ft) | Lattice tower | 1997 | American Towers LLC | 102317 |
| 53 m (173 ft) | Tower array | 1970 | Kommerstad Communications, INC. Dba = Kliz-am(2/3), Brainard, Kommerstad | 615520 |
| 27 m (90 ft) | Building | 1976 | Crow Wing, County Of | 124276 |
When they were registered
| 1940s | 3 | 11% |
| 1950s | 1 | 4% |
| 1960s | 1 | 4% |
| 1970s | 4 | 14% |
| 1980s | 2 | 7% |
| 1990s | 6 | 21% |
| 2000s | 6 | 21% |
| 2010s | 4 | 14% |
| 2020s | 1 | 4% |
Nearby places
- Baxter 5
- Fort Ripley 6
- Pequot Lakes 9
- Motley 7
- Aitkin 15
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.