You probably have a sweet spot in your house or office where you rush to when you need the best cellular reception. This might be based on the data speeds or call quality you’ve experienced there.

But if you’re looking for the very best LTE data speeds, you’ll need to install directional outdoor antennas for your hotspot or cell booster.

Outdoor antennas need to be aimed, which means that ideally you need to know exactly where your nearest cell towers are located.

We read other guides online for finding towers; but most of them were misleading. So we tested a dozen different apps and websites against known tower locations to test their accuracy.

And then we boiled that down to a list of 5 ways that you can find your nearest tower.