It features in tourism literature, on billboards and was adopted as a logo by the community action group, Save Point Lowly.

[4] A 2.14 hectares (5.3 acres) reserve which includes the lighthouse, cottages and associated structures has been listed on the South Australian Heritage Places database since 15 December 1994.

Its significance is reported as follows:[1] blockquote>The Point Lowly Lightstation is important for its association with the maritime history of South Australia in the 1880s, a time when several lighthouses were built to protect increasing shipping traffic in the Colony's waters.

(HSA: SL 6/99) The lighthouse cottages are available as rental accommodation, sleep up to 29 people and are managed by Whyalla City Council.

Flinders University Underwater Club Between July and September 2014, the Whyalla City Council will be conducting an assessment of the buildings' condition, restoration needs, costs, resource and operating requirements.

The council will investigate options to incorporate the cottages into a single business unit for visitation, tourism, education and cultural services and will consider potential outsourcing.