Cell towers in Grand Rapids, Minnesota
The FCC register lists 24 antenna structures in and around Grand Rapids. That is the 7th highest count of any place in Minnesota.
Overview
Grand Rapids, MN has 24 registered antenna structures on the FCC register — the 7th largest count among the 698 places in Minnesota that have any.
That works out to 214.6 structures per 100,000 residents, against a population of 11,181.
Median height here is 59 m (194 ft), compared with 79 m (260 ft) across Minnesota as a whole.
The largest registered owner here is Minnesota, State Of, which holds 3 of them — 12.5% of the local total. Owner is not the same as carrier: tower companies lease space on their structures to several networks at once.
The earliest structure still on the register here dates from 1976.
Structure types
| Tower | 7 | 29% |
| Lattice tower | 6 | 25% |
| Guyed tower | 5 | 21% |
| Tower array | 3 | 13% |
| Monopole | 2 | 8% |
| Pole | 1 | 4% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| Rapids Radio LLC Broadcaster | 3 | 13% |
| Minnesota, State Of Government | 3 | 13% |
| Itasca County Sheriff Government | 2 | 8% |
| Great River Energy Utility | 2 | 8% |
| Rural Cellular Corporation Utility | 2 | 8% |
Tallest registered structures
| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 152 m (497 ft) | Guyed tower | 1981 | Swi Funds Tower Holdings, LLC | 610747 |
| 126 m (414 ft) | Guyed tower | 2010 | American Towers LLC | 2674174 |
| 113 m (370 ft) | Lattice tower | 2025 | Great River Energy | 2652533 |
| 110 m (360 ft) | Tower | 1989 | Baich, Michael V Dba = Communications Development Ltd | 128850 |
| 93 m (305 ft) | Guyed tower | 2007 | Sba Towers II LLC | 2657019 |
| 91 m (299 ft) | Guyed tower | 2006 | Rural Cellular Corporation | 2654508 |
| 67 m (220 ft) | Guyed tower | 2009 | Sba Monarch Towers I, LLC | 2667519 |
| 66 m (218 ft) | Lattice tower | 2025 | Great River Energy | 130388 |
| 65 m (212 ft) | Tower array | 1976 | Rapids Radio LLC | 124830 |
| 65 m (212 ft) | Tower array | 1976 | Rapids Radio LLC | 124831 |
| 65 m (212 ft) | Tower array | 1976 | Rapids Radio LLC | 124832 |
| 60 m (196 ft) | Monopole | 2009 | American Towers LLC | 2670419 |
| 59 m (192 ft) | Monopole | 2005 | Sba Towers III LLC | 2649476 |
| 58 m (190 ft) | Lattice tower | 2001 | Rural Cellular Corporation | 2622583 |
| 55 m (180 ft) | Lattice tower | 2022 | Bnsf Railway CO. | 2718402 |
| 55 m (180 ft) | Tower | 1989 | Tower Comms, INC. | 128207 |
| 37 m (120 ft) | Pole | 1980 | Casper Const. INC. | 2603123 |
| 37 m (120 ft) | Tower | 1981 | Minnesota, State Of | 2603508 |
| 30 m (100 ft) | Tower | 2013 | Minnesota, State Of | 2676647 |
| 23 m (76 ft) | Tower | 1995 | Minnesota, State Of | 2603613 |
| 23 m (75 ft) | Tower | 2010 | Itt | 2675614 |
| 19 m (61 ft) | Tower | 1999 | University of Minnesota - North Central Research Center | 2601811 |
| 13 m (41 ft) | Lattice tower | 2015 | Itasca County Sheriff | 2692733 |
| 13 m (41 ft) | Lattice tower | 2017 | Itasca County Sheriff | 2697791 |
When they were registered
| 1970s | 3 | 13% |
| 1980s | 5 | 21% |
| 1990s | 2 | 8% |
| 2000s | 6 | 25% |
| 2010s | 5 | 21% |
| 2020s | 3 | 13% |
Nearby places
- Deer River 15
- Hibbing 12
- Bigfork 8
- Floodwood 6
- Longville 7
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.