Cell towers in Duluth, Minnesota
The FCC register lists 43 antenna structures in and around Duluth. That is the 3rd highest count of any place in Minnesota.
Overview
The FCC register lists 43 antenna structures in and around Duluth, MN. That is the 3rd highest count of any place in Minnesota.
That works out to 48.7 structures per 100,000 residents, against a population of 88,330.
Heights are uneven: the median is 84 m (277 ft) but the tallest is 256 m (838 ft), roughly 3 times that — usually the signature of a broadcast mast among shorter mobile sites.
The largest registered owner here is American Towers LLC, which holds 8 of them — 18.6% of the local total. Owner is not the same as carrier: tower companies lease space on their structures to several networks at once.
The most recent registration on file here dates from 2025.
Structure types
| Tower | 17 | 40% |
| Monopole | 7 | 16% |
| Guyed tower | 7 | 16% |
| Lattice tower | 4 | 9% |
| Not specified | 3 | 7% |
| Pole | 3 | 7% |
| Tower array | 2 | 5% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| American Towers LLC Tower company | 8 | 19% |
| Midwest Communications, INC. Other | 4 | 9% |
| Dsc Properties Other | 2 | 5% |
| Allete, INC., D/b/a Minnesota Power Utility | 2 | 5% |
| Minnesota, State Of Government | 2 | 5% |
Tallest registered structures
top 25 of 43| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 256 m (838 ft) | Tower | 1992 | Wdio-tv, LLC | 597293 |
| 245 m (804 ft) | Guyed tower | 2024 | Gray Local Media, INC. | 125549 |
| 241 m (789 ft) | Not specified | 1999 | Swi Funds Tower Holdings, LLC | 2600672 |
| 233 m (764 ft) | Tower | 2000 | Duluth-superior Area Educational Television Corporation | 130023 |
| 189 m (620 ft) | Guyed tower | 1973 | Saint Louis, County Of | 126205 |
| 154 m (504 ft) | Guyed tower | 2015 | Radiant Life Ministries, INC. | 2697551 |
| 153 m (503 ft) | Not specified | 1981 | Towerco Vi, LLC | 124936 |
| 152 m (499 ft) | Tower | 1989 | Alternative Communications of Duluth INC. | 124794 |
| 143 m (470 ft) | Tower | 1972 | Sba Structures, LLC | 102163 |
| 131 m (430 ft) | Guyed tower | 2013 | Pinnacle Towers LLC | 601156 |
| 131 m (430 ft) | Lattice tower | 2025 | Great River Energy | 130380 |
| 131 m (430 ft) | Tower | 1972 | Dsc Properties | 615042 |
| 130 m (426 ft) | Guyed tower | 1994 | Sba Towers Ix, LLC | 125435 |
| 129 m (422 ft) | Tower | 1976 | Midwest Communications, INC. | 125432 |
| 122 m (400 ft) | Tower | 1978 | Midwest Communications, INC. | 125431 |
| 105 m (343 ft) | Tower | 1980 | Minnesota, State Of | 100006 |
| 104 m (340 ft) | Not specified | 2013 | Nsight Tower Holdings II, LLC | 2682623 |
| 97 m (319 ft) | Guyed tower | 2021 | Allete, INC., D/b/a Minnesota Power | 101654 |
| 97 m (317 ft) | Tower | 1990 | Range Paging INC | 125370 |
| 94 m (308 ft) | Tower array | 1945 | Midwest Communications, INC. | 125433 |
| 94 m (308 ft) | Tower array | 1945 | Midwest Communications, INC. | 125434 |
| 84 m (277 ft) | Lattice tower | 1991 | American Towers LLC | 2617344 |
| 84 m (275 ft) | Tower | 1998 | Rural Cellular Corporation | 613030 |
| 81 m (267 ft) | Guyed tower | 2009 | American Towers LLC | 2667097 |
| 79 m (260 ft) | Tower | 1975 | Allete, INC., D/b/a Minnesota Power | 101653 |
When they were registered
| 1940s | 2 | 5% |
| 1960s | 1 | 2% |
| 1970s | 6 | 14% |
| 1980s | 4 | 9% |
| 1990s | 9 | 21% |
| 2000s | 8 | 19% |
| 2010s | 9 | 21% |
| 2020s | 4 | 9% |
Nearby places
- Hermantown 6
- Cloquet 9
- Brookston 5
- Two Harbors 7
- Meadowlands 5
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.