Cell towers in Rapid City, South Dakota
The FCC register lists 37 antenna structures in and around Rapid City. That is the 2nd highest count of any place in South Dakota.
Overview
Rapid City, SD has 37 registered antenna structures on the FCC register — the 2nd largest count among the 265 places in South Dakota that have any.
That works out to 45.9 structures per 100,000 residents, against a population of 80,589.
Median height here is 81 m (264 ft), compared with 87 m (286 ft) across South Dakota as a whole.
Ccatt LLC holds more registrations here than any other entity, at 4 of 37.
The oldest structure on file here was registered in 1953, the newest in 2024 — 71 years of build-out visible in one register.
Structure types
| Tower | 19 | 51% |
| Tower array | 5 | 14% |
| Pole | 3 | 8% |
| Monopole | 3 | 8% |
| Lattice tower | 3 | 8% |
| Guyed tower | 3 | 8% |
| Guyed tower array | 1 | 3% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| Commnet Cellular INC. Other | 4 | 11% |
| Ccatt LLC Tower company | 4 | 11% |
| Homeslice Media Group, LLC Broadcaster | 3 | 8% |
| Riverfront Broadcasting, LLC Broadcaster | 3 | 8% |
| Western Communications INC Other | 2 | 5% |
Tallest registered structures
top 25 of 37| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 191 m (626 ft) | Tower | 1976 | Gray Local Media, INC. | 605491 |
| 185 m (606 ft) | Tower | 2001 | Legacy Broadcasting of Rapid City, LLC | 2623460 |
| 175 m (575 ft) | Tower | 2001 | Riverfront Broadcasting, LLC | 2622254 |
| 163 m (535 ft) | Tower | 2001 | Forum Communications Company | 610446 |
| 154 m (504 ft) | Guyed tower | 2023 | Homeslice Media Group, LLC | 605400 |
| 143 m (470 ft) | Guyed tower | 1967 | South Dakota Board of Directors for Educational Telecommunications Dba ,south Dakota Public Broadcasting Network | 105427 |
| 122 m (399 ft) | Tower | 1995 | Nexstar Media INC. | 600179 |
| 109 m (357 ft) | Tower | 2010 | Ccatt LLC | 105549 |
| 94 m (308 ft) | Tower | 1953 | Haugo Broadcasting INC | 605299 |
| 94 m (308 ft) | Tower array | 1997 | Riverfront Broadcasting, LLC | 606023 |
| 94 m (308 ft) | Tower array | 1997 | Duhamel Broadcasting Enterprises | 606025 |
| 94 m (307 ft) | Tower | 2012 | Sba Towers III LLC | 2671080 |
| 92 m (303 ft) | Guyed tower array | 1997 | Riverfront Broadcasting, LLC | 606024 |
| 91 m (299 ft) | Lattice tower | 2007 | Commnet Cellular INC. | 619149 |
| 91 m (299 ft) | Tower | 2004 | Black Hills Power & Light CO. | 2639129 |
| 91 m (298 ft) | Guyed tower | 2022 | Tillman Infrastructure, LLC | 2718236 |
| 83 m (273 ft) | Tower array | 1978 | Homeslice Media Group, LLC | 605398 |
| 83 m (272 ft) | Tower array | 1959 | Homeslice Media Group, LLC | 605399 |
| 81 m (264 ft) | Tower | 1997 | Commnet Cellular INC. | 619148 |
| 62 m (203 ft) | Lattice tower | 2016 | Western Communications INC | 604486 |
| 61 m (199 ft) | Lattice tower | 2024 | Eco-site, LLC | 2717068 |
| 60 m (198 ft) | Tower | 2010 | Ccatt LLC | 2661677 |
| 59 m (195 ft) | Pole | 2010 | At&t Mobility Spectrum LLC | 2665019 |
| 58 m (190 ft) | Tower | 1988 | Rushmore Electric Power Cooperative INC | 622813 |
| 58 m (190 ft) | Tower | 2003 | Black Hills Power & Light CO. | 2635025 |
When they were registered
| 1950s | 2 | 5% |
| 1960s | 1 | 3% |
| 1970s | 2 | 5% |
| 1980s | 3 | 8% |
| 1990s | 7 | 19% |
| 2000s | 10 | 27% |
| 2010s | 9 | 24% |
| 2020s | 3 | 8% |
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.