[5][6] On July 19, 2022, 37-year-old Derick Amos Madden rammed his pickup truck (a Toyota Tacoma) into a Syracuse, New York, family in East Glacier Park Village.

After crashing, he emerged with a shotgun and fatally shot the father and his 18-month-old daughter.

[8][9] According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 4.4 square miles (11 km2), all land.

East Glacier's climate is borderline Subarctic / Humid Continental, with warm summers, and winters generally beginning in November and lasting into March.

The East Glacier Park Amtrak Station is open seasonally during the spring, summer and fall, served by the Empire Builder between Chicago and Seattle/Portland.

Today, it consists of around 18 volunteers who help protect the village and surrounding area from the threat of wildland fire.