Cell towers in Hardin, Montana
The FCC register lists 14 antenna structures in and around Hardin. That is the 13th highest count of any place in Montana.
Overview
The FCC register lists 14 antenna structures in and around Hardin, MT. That is the 13th highest count of any place in Montana.
Counted against 3,696 residents, that is 378.8 per 100,000 — worth reading alongside area density, since structures cluster along roads and ridgelines rather than where people sleep.
Heights are uneven: the median is 19 m (61 ft) but the tallest is 96 m (315 ft), roughly 5.2 times that — usually the signature of a broadcast mast among shorter mobile sites.
The mix here is 2 lattice towers, 2 guyed masts — the rest of the register is made up of rooftops, water tanks and structures the FCC records without a specific type.
Registrations here span 1980 to 2019.
Structure types
| Tower | 9 | 64% |
| Lattice tower | 2 | 14% |
| Guyed tower | 2 | 14% |
| Building with pipe | 1 | 7% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| Big Horn, County Of Government | 2 | 14% |
| Northwestern Corporation Other | 2 | 14% |
| American Towers LLC Tower company | 2 | 14% |
| Bighorn County Commissioners Other | 1 | 7% |
| D&s Properties Other | 1 | 7% |
Tallest registered structures
| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 96 m (315 ft) | Tower | 2001 | Communication Enhancement, LLC | 2626132 |
| 61 m (199 ft) | Guyed tower | 2001 | American Towers LLC | 2629609 |
| 61 m (199 ft) | Tower | 2002 | American Towers LLC | 2630649 |
| 52 m (170 ft) | Guyed tower | 1990 | Gold Creek Cellular of Montana Limited Partnership | 97751 |
| 37 m (120 ft) | Tower | 1998 | D&s Properties | 616985 |
| 34 m (113 ft) | Tower | 2010 | Ccatt LLC | 99395 |
| 19 m (62 ft) | Tower | 1993 | Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC | 622267 |
| 18 m (60 ft) | Tower | 1983 | Northwestern Corporation | 124785 |
| 18 m (59 ft) | Tower | 1980 | Big Horn, County Of | 619167 |
| 17 m (56 ft) | Tower | 1992 | Ctl | 106814 |
| 16 m (52 ft) | Tower | 1999 | Big Horn, County Of | 624947 |
| 15 m (50 ft) | Lattice tower | 2006 | Nexstar Media INC. | 2693294 |
| 10 m (33 ft) | Building with pipe | 1995 | Northwestern Corporation | 2603091 |
| 9.1 m (30 ft) | Lattice tower | 2019 | Bighorn County Commissioners | 2711947 |
When they were registered
| 1980s | 2 | 14% |
| 1990s | 6 | 43% |
| 2000s | 4 | 29% |
| 2010s | 2 | 14% |
Nearby places
About this data
All figures on this page are aggregated from the federal antenna structure register of 2026-08-23, not from carrier coverage data. The two answer different questions.
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.