Cell towers in Durham, North Carolina
The FCC register lists 55 antenna structures in and around Durham. That is the 8th highest count of any place in North Carolina.
Overview
Durham, NC has 55 registered antenna structures on the FCC register — the 8th largest count among the 603 places in North Carolina that have any.
That works out to 18 structures per 100,000 residents, against a population of 305,561.
Median height here is 62 m (202 ft), compared with 78 m (255 ft) across North Carolina as a whole.
The largest registered owner here is American Towers LLC, which holds 13 of them — 23.6% of the local total. Owner is not the same as carrier: tower companies lease space on their structures to several networks at once.
The oldest structure on file here was registered in 1976, the newest in 2024 — 48 years of build-out visible in one register.
Structure types
| Tower | 14 | 25% |
| Guyed tower | 9 | 16% |
| Tree | 6 | 11% |
| Tower array | 6 | 11% |
| Monopole | 6 | 11% |
| Lattice tower | 5 | 9% |
| Pole | 4 | 7% |
| Mast | 4 | 7% |
| Tank | 1 | 2% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| American Towers LLC Tower company | 13 | 24% |
| Crown Castle South LLC Tower company | 6 | 11% |
| Pinnacle Towers LLC Tower company | 5 | 9% |
| 3105 Colclough Ave LLC Other | 3 | 5% |
| A&b Media LLC Broadcaster | 3 | 5% |
Tallest registered structures
top 25 of 55| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 152 m (500 ft) | Guyed tower | 2010 | New Century Media Group, LLC - New102.5 | 2667209 |
| 152 m (499 ft) | Tower | 1988 | Durham, City Of | 618974 |
| 147 m (483 ft) | Guyed tower | 1994 | American Towers LLC | 108884 |
| 128 m (421 ft) | Guyed tower | 1986 | Sba Gc Towers, LLC | 111009 |
| 128 m (420 ft) | Tower | 1995 | K2 Towers III, LLC | 110604 |
| 127 m (417 ft) | Guyed tower | 1994 | Sba Gc Towers, LLC | 111008 |
| 115 m (377 ft) | Guyed tower | 2024 | University of North Carolina | 619927 |
| 107 m (350 ft) | Tower | 1995 | Pinnacle Towers LLC | 98440 |
| 103 m (339 ft) | Lattice tower | 2005 | Everest Special LLC | 112592 |
| 103 m (338 ft) | Guyed tower | 1986 | Sba Gc Towers, LLC | 2676335 |
| 103 m (336 ft) | Guyed tower | 2015 | Arohi Media LLC | 119212 |
| 98 m (321 ft) | Tower | 1985 | Pinnacle Towers LLC | 98528 |
| 96 m (316 ft) | Tower | 1986 | Piedmont Communications, INC. | 111007 |
| 96 m (315 ft) | Tower | 1992 | Alltel Corporation | 97985 |
| 91 m (299 ft) | Tower | 1991 | Pinnacle Towers LLC | 98439 |
| 91 m (299 ft) | Tower | 1977 | Wtvd Television, LLC | 113415 |
| 90 m (295 ft) | Guyed tower | 1994 | American Towers LLC | 97996 |
| 81 m (265 ft) | Mast | 1999 | Alltel Corporation | 110320 |
| 80 m (263 ft) | Lattice tower | 2004 | American Towers LLC | 110319 |
| 78 m (256 ft) | Tower | 2007 | Crown Castle South LLC | 603940 |
| 78 m (255 ft) | Lattice tower | 2008 | American Towers LLC | 620013 |
| 74 m (242 ft) | Guyed tower | 1995 | American Towers LLC | 110675 |
| 70 m (230 ft) | Lattice tower | 1997 | American Towers LLC | 124629 |
| 67 m (219 ft) | Tower | 1997 | Pinnacle Towers LLC | 102557 |
| 66 m (217 ft) | Tower array | 1976 | A&b Media LLC | 112488 |
When they were registered
| 1970s | 4 | 7% |
| 1980s | 5 | 9% |
| 1990s | 28 | 51% |
| 2000s | 9 | 16% |
| 2010s | 8 | 15% |
| 2020s | 1 | 2% |
Nearby places
- Chapel Hill 18
- Morrisville 16
- Hillsborough 13
- Cary 21
- Rougemont 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.