Alberta Highway 838

{{Short description|Road in central Alberta, Canada}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=February 2017}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2017}}

{{Infobox road

|province=AB

| type = Hwy

| route = 838

| alternate_name = North Dinosaur Trail

| length_km = 26

| length_ref = {{google maps|title=Highway 838 in Alberta | url = https://www.google.ca/maps/dir/51.5685234,-112.9117274/51.5614356,-112.8411378/51.471454,-112.7122347/@51.5269151,-112.8820152,12z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!4m1!3e0 | accessdate=February 3, 2017}}

| tourist = Dinosaur Trail

| restrictions = Bleriot Ferry closed during the winter.

| direction_a = Northwest

| direction_b = Southeast

| terminus_a = {{Jct|state=AB|Hwy|837}} near the Bleriot Ferry

| terminus_b = {{jct|state=AB|Hwy|9|Hwy|56}} in Drumheller

| previous_type = Hwy

| next_type = Hwy

| previous_route = 837

| next_route = 839

| rural_municipalities = Kneehill County

}}

Alberta Provincial Highway No. 838, commonly referred to as Highway 838, is a short highway in central Alberta, Canada. It runs from Highway 837 across the Red Deer River on the free, cable-operated Bleriot Ferry{{cite web|title=Dinosaur Trail & Hoodoo Drive|url=http://www.lonelyplanet.com/canada/alberta/drumheller/activities/driving-offroading/dinosaur-trail-hoodoo-drive|website=Lonely Planet|accessdate=February 2, 2017|language=en}} to Highway 9 / Highway 56 in Drumheller.{{cite web|title=Provincial Highways 500 - 986 Progress Chart|url=http://www.transportation.alberta.ca/Content/docType329/Production/2015_PROVINCIAL_HWY_500-986_CONTROL_SECTION_MAP.pdf |publisher=Alberta Transportation |date=March 2015 |accessdate=January 31, 2017|df=mdy-all}} Outside of Drumheller, Highway 838 does not pass through any communities.{{cite book|title=Alberta Back Road Atlas|year=2008 |publisher=Canadian Cartographics Corporation|location=Oshawa, ON|isbn=978-155368-019-2|page=200|edition=2014}} All of Highway 838 is part of the Dinosaur Trail and is known as North Dinosaur Trail.

The Bleriot Ferry operates from late April to November.{{cite web|title=Ferries|url=http://www.transportation.alberta.ca/1965.htm|website=Alberta Transportation|publisher=Government of Alberta|accessdate=February 2, 2017|language=en|date=October 2, 2007|archive-date=May 17, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090517001049/http://www.transportation.alberta.ca/1965.htm|url-status=dead}}