Weekend Ready: 2026 Chevy Traverse Cargo Space for Lake Rim Park and Cape Fear River Family Trips

Lake Rim Park sits on Tar Kiln Drive around a 35-acre lake, spread across 150 acres of soccer fields, tennis courts, sand volleyball, and a shaded pool with slides on the far side of Cliffdale Road. A soccer Saturday there means cleats, a team bag, folding chairs, a cooler, and a ball bag before anyone even leaves the driveway.

The 2026 Traverse handles that load with 22.9 cubic feet behind the third row, enough for a full gear haul while every seat still carries a passenger. Parents doubling up carpools for practice do not have to choose between people and equipment.

After practice, the park's one-mile border trail follows the wetlands out to Bone Creek, with boardwalks over the water for a slower cool-down walk. Load the trail shoes and a stroller in the same trip and the Traverse still has room to spare.

J. Bayard Clark Park and Nature Center on Sherman Drive is Fayetteville's second-largest regional park, 76 acres built around a nature center with live turtles, snakes, fish, and salamanders native to North Carolina. A small waterfall runs behind the building, and the StoryWalk lets younger kids read a book one page at a time along the trail.

A morning here usually means a diaper bag, a stroller, water bottles, binoculars, and whatever the ranger-led hike calls for that week. The Traverse's 22.9 cubic feet behind the third row covers that easily, seats still up for the whole family.

Families staying longer to walk the unpaved Wetlands Trail or bring bikes for the paved Cape Fear River Trail spur that runs through the park can fold the third row for 56.6 cubic feet, more than enough for two bikes and a full picnic kit.

The paved Cape Fear River Trail runs more than five miles along the river, connecting the Jordan Soccer Complex past Clark Park to the Cross Creek Linear Park Trails and on to the Riverside Dog Park. It is one continuous route for walking, jogging, and biking, and a family that rides it together needs somewhere to put the bikes.

Fold both rows of seats in the Traverse and the cargo area opens up to 97.6 cubic feet, enough to lay bikes flat instead of wrestling a rooftop rack in a parking lot. That is the number this whole page is built around, and a river trail day is exactly where it earns its keep.

For families who tow a small kayak or bike trailer instead of loading gear inside, the Traverse is rated to tow up to 5,000 lbs when properly equipped, with the Trailering Package standard across the lineup. Ask Powers Swain Chevrolet to confirm the right hitch setup before towing weekend one.

Powers Swain Chevrolet sits on Bragg Blvd, close enough to Fort Bragg that a lot of Saturdays start with a soccer game, run through a nature walk, and end on a bike trail before anyone is back home for dinner. That is three stops, three different gear lists, and one vehicle that has to carry all of it without a second trip to unload.

A Traverse loaded for the day might start with the third row up and 22.9 cubic feet of gear for the Lake Rim Park game, then fold that row down to 56.6 cubic feet for bikes at Clark Park, and finish with both rows flat for a full Cape Fear River Trail haul. Same vehicle, three configurations, zero trips home to swap cars.

For a family that just relocated near Fort Bragg and is still learning the parks, that flexibility matters more than any single spec sheet number. The Traverse's cargo area changes shape as fast as the day's plans do.