The mark consists of the letters MI stacked on top of the word RYE, the top right diagonal branch of the Y having a rye stalk superimposed on top of it and extending beyond the upper end of the right diagonal branch of the Y, and the bottom of the rye stalk connected to an arced line segment depicting a trail, below which the word TRAIL appears. Also, an outline of the State of Michigan is partially superimposed on top of the arced line segment, near the beginning, with the upper peninsula portion of the outline of the State of Michigan partially superimposed on the lower portion of the vertical leg of the R in RYE.
The color(s) brown and black is/are claimed as a feature of the mark.