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The FCC register lists 21 antenna structures in and around Cary. That is the 40th highest count of any place in North Carolina.

Registered structures
21
Median height
59 m (195 ft)
−23.6% vs state median
Tallest
152 m (500 ft)
Per 100k residents
11.4
population 183,582 (2025)

Overview

Cary, NC has 21 registered antenna structures on the FCC register — the 40th largest count among the 603 places in North Carolina that have any.

Density works out to 0.34 registered structures per square mile of land area.

At a median of 59 m (195 ft), structures here run 23.6% shorter than the North Carolina median of 78 m (255 ft).

The largest registered owner here is American Towers LLC, which holds 4 of them — 19.0% of the local total. Owner is not the same as carrier: tower companies lease space on their structures to several networks at once.

The oldest structure on file here was registered in 1941, the newest in 2020 — 79 years of build-out visible in one register.

Structure types

Monopole 12
57%
Tower array 3
14%
Tower 2
10%
Lattice tower 2
10%
Oil or gas rig 1
5%
Mast 1
5%

Largest registered owners

owner is not the same as carrier
American Towers LLC Tower company 4
19%
First State Communications, INC. - Dba 680 Other 3
14%
Skyway Towers, LLC Tower company 3
14%
Eip Holdings II, LLC Other 2
10%
Sba Towers IV, LLC Tower company 2
10%

Tallest registered structures

Height Type Built Owner ASR
152 m (500 ft) Tower array 1996 First State Communications, INC. - Dba 680 112719
114 m (374 ft) Tower array 1941 First State Communications, INC. - Dba 680 98505
114 m (374 ft) Tower array 1941 First State Communications, INC. - Dba 680 98506
82 m (268 ft) Lattice tower 2020 Town of Cary 2689102
61 m (199 ft) Lattice tower 2012 Sba Towers IV, LLC 2680914
61 m (199 ft) Monopole 2001 Sba Towers IV, LLC 2683542
61 m (199 ft) Monopole 2015 American Towers LLC 2688102
61 m (199 ft) Monopole 1999 Sba Towers, LLC 2598640
61 m (199 ft) Mast 2004 American Towers LLC 2619561
61 m (199 ft) Monopole 2013 Eip Holdings II, LLC 2686391
59 m (195 ft) Monopole 2017 Pt Attachment Solutions LLC 2690257
59 m (195 ft) Monopole 2015 Eip Holdings II, LLC 2692169
59 m (193 ft) Tower 1999 American Towers LLC 618546
53 m (173 ft) Monopole 1997 Crown Castle South LLC 2680256
48 m (158 ft) Monopole 2012 American Towers LLC 2676700
47 m (155 ft) Monopole 2020 Skyway Towers, LLC 2717815
47 m (154 ft) Monopole 2016 Skyway Towers, LLC 2717792
47 m (154 ft) Monopole 2004 Sba Structures, LLC 2637838
44 m (145 ft) Monopole 2016 Skyway Towers, LLC 2717781
39 m (128 ft) Tower 1996 Crown Castle South LLC 111545
35 m (115 ft) Oil or gas rig 2018 Alltel Corporation 2706918

When they were registered

1940s 2
10%
1990s 5
24%
2000s 3
14%
2010s 9
43%
2020s 2
10%

Nearby places

About this data

Counts here are computed from the FCC's registered structure file, dated 2026-08-23. If a mast near you is missing, the usual reason is that it sits below the 200-foot registration threshold.

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.