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Cell towers in Erie, Pennsylvania

The FCC register lists 44 antenna structures in and around Erie. That is the 3rd highest count of any place in Pennsylvania.

Registered structures
44
Median height
66 m (215 ft)
+4.4% vs state median
Tallest
257 m (843 ft)
Per 100k residents
47.9
population 91,838 (2025)

Overview

Erie, PA has 44 registered antenna structures on the FCC register — the 3rd largest count among the 1,139 places in Pennsylvania that have any.

That works out to 47.9 structures per 100,000 residents, against a population of 91,838.

Half the registered structures here are taller than 66 m (215 ft) and half are shorter.

The mix here is 6 monopoles, 5 lattice towers, 5 guyed masts — the rest of the register is made up of rooftops, water tanks and structures the FCC records without a specific type.

The oldest structure on file here was registered in 1946, the newest in 2021 — 75 years of build-out visible in one register.

Structure types

Tower 19
43%
Monopole 6
14%
Lattice tower 5
11%
Guyed tower 5
11%
Tower array 4
9%
Pole 2
5%
Not specified 1
2%
Tank 1
2%
Building with tower 1
2%

Largest registered owners

owner is not the same as carrier
Vb Nimbus, LLC Tower company 4
9%
Stc Two LLC Tower company 4
9%
Cellco Partnership Carrier 4
9%
Up State Tower CO., L.L.C. Tower company 3
7%
Crown Castle Gt Company, LLC Tower company 3
7%

Tallest registered structures

top 25 of 44
Height Type Built Owner ASR
257 m (843 ft) Not specified 1966 Vertical Bridge S3 Assets, LLC 2619369
249 m (817 ft) Guyed tower 1997 Nexstar Media INC. 598442
243 m (796 ft) Tower 1966 Sjl of Pennsylvania, INC. 602166
228 m (749 ft) Guyed tower 2019 Lilly Broadcasting of Pennsylvania, LLC 616533
216 m (707 ft) Guyed tower 1978 Sba Gc Towers, LLC 97241
152 m (500 ft) Guyed tower 2017 Crown Castle Towers 06-2 LLC 2621992
140 m (459 ft) Tower 1997 Cti Towers Assets II, LLC 600833
110 m (361 ft) Guyed tower 1967 Sba Gc Towers, LLC 97242
100 m (327 ft) Tower 1948 Sjl of Pennsylvania, INC. 602165
97 m (319 ft) Lattice tower 2017 Erie CO Department of Public Safety 2658809
95 m (310 ft) Tower 2004 City of Erie Pa Dept. of Public Works 2638114
92 m (303 ft) Tower 1996 New Cingular Wireless Pcs, LLC 122990
91 m (297 ft) Lattice tower 1997 Crown Castle Gt Company, LLC 113199
89 m (291 ft) Tower 1991 Crown Castle Gt Company, LLC 116045
81 m (265 ft) Tower 1989 Not listed 1097306
79 m (260 ft) Tower 1993 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania State Police 124982
79 m (258 ft) Tower 1999 Crown Communication LLC 1097025
76 m (250 ft) Tower 2003 Not listed 2637923
73 m (240 ft) Tower 2009 Cellco Partnership 2667222
72 m (236 ft) Lattice tower 2003 American Towers LLC 2632200
66 m (217 ft) Building with tower 1984 Renaissance Cenre, Ltd 127477
66 m (215 ft) Tower array 1946 Vb Nimbus, LLC 127160
66 m (215 ft) Tower array 1946 Vb Nimbus, LLC 127161
66 m (215 ft) Tower array 1996 Vb Nimbus, LLC 127162
66 m (215 ft) Tower array 1996 Vb Nimbus, LLC 127163

When they were registered

1940s 3
7%
1950s 1
2%
1960s 3
7%
1970s 1
2%
1980s 2
5%
1990s 10
23%
2000s 11
25%
2010s 12
27%
2020s 1
2%

Nearby places

About this data

Figures are drawn from the FCC's public antenna structure register (2026-08-23). It covers structures that need registering — broadly those over 200 feet or close to an airport — and not the many shorter installations that carry mobile traffic.

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.