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Cell towers in Illinois
9,772 towers and cell sites across Illinois. Zoom in to any town, or pick a county below.
Towers with the most carriers in Illinois
| Tower | Height | Owner | Carriers seen |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mast on a buildingChicago, IL | 1214 ft | Bonneville International Corporation | AT&TT-MobileVerizon5G |
| Mast on a buildingChicago, IL | 628 ft | AMFM Operating, Inc. | AT&TT-MobileVerizon5G |
| PoleChicago, IL | 532 ft | Winstar Wireless Fiber Corp. | AT&TT-MobileVerizon5G |
| TowerLisle, IL | 377 ft | Illinois State Toll Highway Authority | AT&TT-MobileVerizon5G |
| TowerAddison, IL | 305 ft | Illinois State Toll Highway Authority | AT&TT-MobileVerizon5G |
| BuildingChicago, IL | 275 ft | Union Pacific Railroad | AT&TT-MobileVerizon5G |
| TowerAddison, IL | 270 ft | State of Illinois, Department of Transportation | AT&TT-MobileVerizon5G |
| Antenna on a buildingChicago, IL | 163 ft | AT&T | AT&TT-MobileVerizon5G |
| TowerPark Ridge, IL | 150 ft | Illinois State Toll Highway Authority | AT&TT-MobileVerizon5G |
| Antenna on a buildingChicago, IL | 144 ft | AT&T | AT&TT-MobileVerizon5G |
| BuildingChicago, IL | 103 ft | T-Mobile | AT&TT-MobileVerizon5G |
| BuildingChicago, IL | 98 ft | T-Mobile | AT&TT-MobileVerizon5G |
| Antenna on a buildingSchiller Park, IL | 55 ft | Nextel West Corp. | AT&TT-MobileVerizon5G |
| MonopoleChicago, IL | 38 ft | AT&T | AT&TT-MobileVerizon5G |
| Antenna on a buildingChicago, IL | 167 ft | Nextel West Corporation Dba = Nextel Communications | AT&TT-MobileVerizon |
| BuildingChicago, IL | 108 ft | T-Mobile | AT&TT-MobileVerizon |
| Lattice towerGlenview, IL | 54 ft | American Tower | AT&TT-MobileVerizon |
| Tower on a buildingChicago, IL | 1730 ft | BRE 312 Broadcast, LLC | AT&TT-Mobile5G |
| Tower on a buildingChicago, IL | 1375 ft | Trump Commercial Chicago LLC | AT&TT-Mobile5G |
| TowerHillside, IL | 455 ft | State of Illinois, Department of Transportation | AT&TT-Mobile5G |
| TowerNorth Chicago, IL | 330 ft | K2 Towers III, LLC | AT&TVerizon5G |
| Lattice towerChicago, IL | 269 ft | City of Chicago Office of Emergency Management and Communications | AT&TT-Mobile5G |
| TowerAurora, IL | 255 ft | Illinois State Toll Highway Authority | T-MobileVerizon5G |
| TowerGurnee, IL | 255 ft | Illinois State Toll Highway Authority | T-MobileVerizon5G |
| TowerLemont, IL | 255 ft | Illinois State Toll Highway Authority | AT&TT-Mobile5G |
Showing 25 of 9,772. Every one is on the map; zoom in to tap any of them.
Carriers in Illinois
Number of towers and sites in the state where each carrier has been seen.
Good to know
Is the company that owns a tower my carrier?
Usually not. Most towers are owned by tower companies such as American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA Communications, which rent space on them to Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and others. One tower often carries two or three carriers at different heights. The FCC registration names the owner; it does not list the tenants.
How do you know which carriers are on a tower?
From phones. OpenCelliD collects reports of the cell signals phones see and where they saw them. When reported cells sit within 200 meters of a registered structure, we list those carriers on that structure. It is strong evidence, not a lease record, and it can miss a carrier nobody has reported yet.
Why isn't every cell site on the map?
The FCC only requires registration for structures taller than 200 feet or close to an airport. Rooftop antennas, small cells on street poles and many shorter towers never register. Where phones report a cell site with no registered structure nearby, we show it as an approximate crowdsourced site, which can be off by a few hundred meters.