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.
Hot Springs is the eleventh-largest city in Arkansas and the county seat of Garland County. The city is located in the Ouachita Mountains among the U.S. Interior Highlands, and is set among several natural hot springs for which the city is named. The city contains a population of 35,193 according to the 2010 United States Census.