This photo was taken a little closer. There seems to be a hint of something at the leaf junction which could be a bud forming.

I just researched Uvularia sessilifolia and it has a very peculiar range in MI. All the maps and info I found say that it is only found in the SE part of the state and conspicuously missing from the west. So if this is Uvularia sessilifolia it would be an exciting find and need some more detail, like flower photos, to confirm it.

The leaves look sessile. If you can get a photo of a flower and leaf underside that would confirm it. I really cant think of anything else it could be. It's not Polygonatum, Medeola, Lilium ,Prosartes or Maianthemum from the looks of it, but I could be wrong. It might be on the move further east due to climate change. I know the botanists that do the whole state of Michigan, so of it's a new record, I'll pass it along to them.

It's too far away and too much of a hike to check it every day so I am going to give it a week or so and see if a flower has developed, and if not, get a close-up of the leaf underside and other details. U.grandiflora is suppose to be much more common all over MI but its leaves have a markedly different appearance than sessilifolia so I don't think it is grandiflora.

U. grandiflora is common in my area. It's a larger plant too.

Uvularia grandiflora with Cardamine concatenata in foreground.

Could it be Maianthemum stellatum ?

Doubtful it's Maianthemum. The plants look like they've stopped producing leaves and Maianthemum stellata would have a longer stem with several more leaves, like Solomon's Seal.

Maianthemum stellatum is very common here and I see it all the time. Even when it's young it always has leaves all along its stem and not just at the top/tip. I just did an image search for stellatum and in some of the photos that were taken directly above the plant without any view of the side, it does resemble my specimen somewhat. Thanks for the input.

The plants that I spotted on April 24 appear to be either Maianthemum stellatum or M. racemosum (I guess you were correct arbordave (SE MI).

They have changed appearance quite a bit since the 24th but still no signs of buds, whereas I have seen that genus setting buds in other parks in my area.

I did get some detailed photos of the leaves, top and bottom and I did find the Trientalis borealis that I was looking for on my last visit, it too has no buds or flowers yet.