The sando is more or less at the center of the city, but on both sides of the sando are rows of old pine trees, and the area around the shrine is a chinquapin forest with some red pines, and thus, Mito-jinja Shrine and the row of pine trees on the sando were selected as '200 Selected Kyoto Treasures of Nature,' for maintaining a rich natural environment while the surroundings became a residential area.
この参道は概ね市の中心部に位置しているが、参道の両側は松の古木の並木、神社の周りはアカマツを交えたシイ林で、周辺が宅地化した中で、豊かな自然環境を保持しているとして、水度神社と参道の松並木が「京都の自然200選」に選ばれた。