VT 38 begins at a field just west of the Northwest State Correctional Facility in the Franklin County town of St. Albans as a continuation of Lower Newton Street (Town Highway 6).

Going west, TH 6 runs west to VT 36 while VT 38 runs east along Lower Newton along the northern edges of the prison, passing County Road and the entrance to the prison.

Now running along the fields in St. Albans, passing a junction with Kellogg Road and turns southeast.

Now a main two-lane road, VT 38 past multiple residences, beginning a bend eastward at North Elm Street.

This junction marks the eastern terminus of VT 38, which continues east on Upper Newton Street for two blocks through St.