Extended meaning praise, award is from 1852. Also see -ade. Earlier was accoll (mid-14c.), from Old French acolee an embrace, kiss, especially that given to a new-made knight, from verb acoler. The French noun in the 16c. was transformed to accolade, with the foreign suffix.
Hot Springs National Park is adjacent to the city of Hot Springs, Arkansas. It gets its name from the hot spring water that flows down the western side an eponymous mountain. At just more than 5,500 acres, it is the smallest national park by area, but it receives 1.3 million visitors a year.
For the state park in Maryland, see South Mountain State Park. South Mountains State Park is a North Carolina state park in Burke County, North Carolina in the United States. Located near Connellys Springs, North Carolina, it covers 19,830 acres (80.2 km2) and includes part of the South Mountains, a branch of the Blue Ridge Mountains. High Shoals Falls is the park's most visited feature.