ASP.NET MVC - Find Absolute Path to the App_Data folder from Controller
string path = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetData("DataDirectory").ToString();
This is probably a more "correct" way of getting it.
ASP.NET MVC1 -> MVC3
string path = HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("~/App_Data/somedata.xml");
ASP.NET MVC4
string path = Server.MapPath("~/App_Data/somedata.xml");
MSDN Reference:
HttpServerUtility.MapPath Method