ZIP route

Cell towers near 28691

Nearest tower sites to Valle Crucis in NC, Watauga. Distances are measured from the ZIP centroid.

12 Nearby sites

Ranked by distance from the ZIP centroid

1 Carriers

Distinct tenant brands seen nearby

1 5G-capable sites

At least one carrier reports NR

1 Approximate-only nodes

Crowdsourced equipment with no ASR match

Sites on this route

Ranked tower detail pages for this browse surface, using the same utility-first layout across ZIP, state, county, carrier, and 5G pages.

Boone, NC

ASR matched

Boone 42.7 ASR-1326356

42.7 with 0 carrier presences. Built from FCC ASR registration data; carrier overlays come from nearby OpenCelliD cells.

Linville Creek Road

42 ft 42.7 Gabriel 3.0 miles

Sugar Grove, NC

ASR matched

Sugar Grove 38.1 ASR-1307253

38.1 with 0 carrier presences. Built from FCC ASR registration data; carrier overlays come from nearby OpenCelliD cells.

3782 US Hwy 321 N

38 ft 38.1 Richard 3.8 miles

Boone, NC

ASR matched

Boone 130.0 ASR-1007985

130.0 with 0 carrier presences. Built from FCC ASR registration data; carrier overlays come from nearby OpenCelliD cells.

1311 POPLAR GROVE RD

129 ft 130.0 Allen 4.3 miles

Vilas, NC

ASR matched

Vilas 28.6 ASR-1264100

28.6 with 0 carrier presences. Built from FCC ASR registration data; carrier overlays come from nearby OpenCelliD cells.

Boone (Rich Mt.), HP-1222, Fire Tower Road

29 ft 28.6 Wayne 4.4 miles

Boone, NC

ASR matched

Boone 61.0 ASR-1327000

61.0 with 0 carrier presences. Built from FCC ASR registration data; carrier overlays come from nearby OpenCelliD cells.

759 Fire Tower Road

61 ft 61.0 Eric 4.8 miles

Boone, NC

ASR matched

Boone 39.6 ASR-1277540

39.6 with 0 carrier presences. Built from FCC ASR registration data; carrier overlays come from nearby OpenCelliD cells.

123 Nellis Townsend Rd (NC 16440-A)

37 ft 39.6 L01766465 5.2 miles

Boone, NC

Crowdsourced only

Approximate cell site near Boone, NC

Crowdsourced cell site with 1 carrier presences. Approximate OpenCelliD-only site clustered from 5 cell observations across 32 crowd samples within 1000 meters. Confidence: high. No FCC ASR structure matched inside the 200 meter join radius.

Approximate location near Boone, NC 28608

Unknown height Crowdsourced cell site Unknown / crowdsource-derived 5.4 miles
T-Mobile
5G NR

Banner Elk, NC

ASR matched

Banner Elk 36.5 ASR-1268447

36.5 with 0 carrier presences. Built from FCC ASR registration data; carrier overlays come from nearby OpenCelliD cells.

HP-1024, Beech Mt., Beech Mountain Parkway

37 ft 36.5 Wayne 5.4 miles

Carrier presence near this ZIP

Counts below show how many nearby sites report each carrier, based on FCC ASR structures joined with crowdsourced OpenCelliD cells.

T-Mobile 1 sites

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Watauga, NC

24 towers, 2 carriers, 6 approximate sites.

5 5G-capable sites

State page

North Carolina

100 counties, 7 carriers, 9317 tower pages.

1566 5G-capable sites

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Small cells and shorter poles frequently never show up in ASR. They are listed here too, labeled as crowdsourced or approximate.

1 approximate nodes in this list

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