Cell towers in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
The FCC register lists 15 antenna structures in and around Hilton Head Island. That is the 58th highest count of any place in South Carolina.
Overview
Hilton Head Island, SC has 15 registered structures, the tallest standing 96 m (316 ft) above ground.
Area density is 0.36 per square mile — usually the more telling figure for infrastructure that follows terrain, roads and line of sight rather than population.
Heights are uneven: the median is 47 m (155 ft) but the tallest is 96 m (316 ft), roughly 2 times that — usually the signature of a broadcast mast among shorter mobile sites.
The largest registered owner here is American Towers LLC, which holds 7 of them — 46.7% of the local total. Owner is not the same as carrier: tower companies lease space on their structures to several networks at once.
Registrations here span 1974 to 2017.
Structure types
| Monopole | 6 | 40% |
| Tower | 3 | 20% |
| Lattice tower | 3 | 20% |
| Tank | 1 | 7% |
| Pole | 1 | 7% |
| Guyed tower | 1 | 7% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| American Towers LLC Tower company | 7 | 47% |
| Hilton Head Island, Town Of Government | 1 | 7% |
| Hilton Head Public Service District 1 Other | 1 | 7% |
| Palmetto Electric Cooperative, INC Utility | 1 | 7% |
| Everest Special LLC Other | 1 | 7% |
Tallest registered structures
| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 96 m (316 ft) | Lattice tower | 1992 | American Towers LLC | 606788 |
| 82 m (270 ft) | Guyed tower | 2002 | Everest Special LLC | 2599307 |
| 59 m (195 ft) | Lattice tower | 1999 | American Towers LLC | 2682176 |
| 58 m (190 ft) | Lattice tower | 2000 | American Towers LLC | 121589 |
| 55 m (181 ft) | Tank | 1995 | Hilton Head Public Service District 1 | 109518 |
| 52 m (171 ft) | Monopole | 1974 | Vb-s1 Assets, LLC | 2710385 |
| 48 m (156 ft) | Monopole | 2012 | American Towers LLC | 2684524 |
| 47 m (155 ft) | Tower | 1990 | Global Tower, LLC. Through American Towers, LLC | 2666442 |
| 47 m (154 ft) | Monopole | 2008 | American Towers LLC | 2661648 |
| 46 m (151 ft) | Pole | 2014 | Crown Castle Towers 06-2 LLC | 2726308 |
| 46 m (150 ft) | Monopole | 2012 | American Towers LLC | 2682470 |
| 46 m (150 ft) | Tower | 2005 | Hilton Head Island, Town Of | 2648911 |
| 45 m (146 ft) | Monopole | 2017 | Diamond Towers IV LLC | 2700656 |
| 43 m (141 ft) | Monopole | 1997 | American Towers LLC | 100124 |
| 36 m (118 ft) | Tower | 2000 | Palmetto Electric Cooperative, INC | 2611368 |
When they were registered
| 1970s | 1 | 7% |
| 1990s | 5 | 33% |
| 2000s | 5 | 33% |
| 2010s | 4 | 27% |
Nearby places
- Bluffton 14
- Port Royal 6
- Beaufort 18
- Hardeeville 17
- Ridgeland 25
About this data
These counts come from the FCC Antenna Structure Registration database, weekly file dated 2026-08-23. Registration is generally required above 200 feet or near an airport, so small cells, rooftop antennas and short masts do not appear.
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.