EXHIBIT 23

                         Independent Auditors' Consent

The Board of Directors
Crown Castle International Corp.:

We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement
(No. 333-67379) on Form S-8, the registration statement (No. 333-94821) on
Form S-3, and the registration statement (No. 333-41106) on Form S-3 of Crown
Castle International Corp. of our reports dated February 23, 2001, relating to
the consolidated balance sheets of Crown Castle International Corp. and
subsidiaries as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, and the related consolidated
statements of operations and comprehensive loss, cash flows, and stockholders'
equity for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2000,
and all related schedules, which reports appear in the December 31, 2000, annual
report on Form 10-K of Crown Castle International Corp.

KPMG LLP


Houston, Texas
March 27, 2001